Growth model interpretation of planet size distribution

L Zeng, SB Jacobsen, DD Sasselov… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The radii and orbital periods of 4,000+ confirmed/candidate exoplanets have been precisely
measured by the Kepler mission. The radii show a bimodal distribution, with two peaks …

A Jovian analogue orbiting a white dwarf star

JW Blackman, JP Beaulieu, DP Bennett, C Danielski… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Studies, have shown that the remnants of destroyed planets and debris-disk planetesimals
can survive the volatile evolution of their host stars into white dwarfs,, but few intact planetary …

Predictions of the WFIRST microlensing survey. I. Bound planet detection rates

MT Penny, BS Gaudi, E Kerins… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is the next NASA
astrophysics flagship mission, to follow the James Webb Space Telescope. The WFIRST …

Euclid-Roman joint microlensing survey: Early mass measurement, free floating planets, and exomoons

E Bachelet, D Specht, M Penny, M Hundertmark… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
As the Kepler mission has done for hot exoplanets, the ESA Euclid and NASA Roman
missions have the potential to create a breakthrough in our understanding of the …

Systematic KMTNet planetary anomaly search. IV. Complete sample of 2019 prime-field

W Zang, H Yang, C Han, CU Lee… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We report the complete statistical planetary sample from the prime fields (Γ≥ 2 h− 1) of the
2019 Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) microlensing survey. We develop …

[图书][B] Demographics of Exoplanetary Systems: Lecture Notes of the 3rd Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science

K Biazzo, V Bozza, L Mancini, A Sozzetti - 2022 - Springer
This book provides a detailed, state-of-the-art overview of key observational and theoretical
aspects of the rapidly developing and highly interdisciplinary field of exoplanet science, as …

Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. VII. Complete Sample of q< 10− 4 Planets from the First 4 yr Survey

W Zang, YK Jung, H Yang, X Zhang… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the analysis of seven microlensing planetary events with planet/host mass ratios
q< 10− 4: KMT-2017-BLG-1194, KMT-2017-BLG-0428, KMT-2019-BLG-1806, KMT-2017 …

An Earth-mass planet in a time of COVID-19: KMT-2020-BLG-0414Lb

W Zang, C Han, I Kondo, JC Yee, CU Lee… - … in astronomy and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of KMT-2020-BLG-0414Lb, with a planet-to-host mass ratio q 2= 0.9–
1.2× 10− 5= 3–4⊕ at 1σ, which is the lowest mass-ratio microlensing planet to date …

Keck observations confirm a super-Jupiter planet orbiting M dwarf OGLE-2005-BLG-071L

DP Bennett, A Bhattacharya, JP Beaulieu… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present adaptive optics imaging from the NIRC2 instrument on the Keck II telescope that
resolves the exoplanet host (and lens) star as it separates from the brighter source star …

Microlensing results challenge the core accretion runaway growth scenario for gas giants

D Suzuki, DP Bennett, S Ida, C Mordasini… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We compare the planet-to-star mass-ratio distribution measured by gravitational
microlensing to core accretion theory predictions from population synthesis models. The …