OGLE-IV: fourth phase of the optical gravitational lensing experiment

A Udalski, MK Szymański, G Szymański - arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.05966, 2015 - arxiv.org
We present both the technical overview and main science drivers of the fourth phase of the
Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (hereafter OGLE-IV). OGLE-IV is currently one of …

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 …

Ideas for citizen science in astronomy

PJ Marshall, CJ Lintott… - Annual Review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
We review the expanding, internet-enabled, and rapidly evolving field of citizen astronomy,
focusing on research projects in stellar, extragalactic, and planetary science that have …

The exoplanet mass-ratio function from the MOA-II survey: discovery of a break and likely peak at a neptune mass

D Suzuki, DP Bennett, T Sumi, IA Bond… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of the statistical analysis of planetary signals discovered in MOA-II
microlensing survey alert system events from 2007 to 2012. We determine the survey …

Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. I. OGLE-2019-BLG-1053Lb, a Buried Terrestrial Planet

W Zang, KH Hwang, A Udalski, T Wang… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to exhume the buried signatures of" missing planetary caustics" in Korea
Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) data, we conducted a systematic anomaly …

Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. II. Six New q< 2× 10− 4 Mass-ratio Planets

KH Hwang, W Zang, A Gould, A Udalski… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We apply the automated AnomalyFinder algorithm of Paper I to 2018–2019 light curves from
the≃ 13 deg 2 covered by the six KMTNet prime fields, with cadences Γ≥ 2 hr− 1. We find a …

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 …

The frequency of snowline-region planets from four years of OGLE–MOA–Wise second-generation microlensing

Y Shvartzvald, D Maoz, A Udalski… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present a statistical analysis of the first four seasons from a 'second-generation'
microlensing survey for extrasolar planets, consisting of near-continuous time coverage of 8 …

OGLE-2018-BLG-0567Lb and OGLE-2018-BLG-0962Lb: Two Microlensing Planets through the Planetary-caustic Channel

YK Jung, C Han, A Udalski, A Gould… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the analyses of two microlensing events, OGLE-2018-BLG-0567 and OGLE-
2018-BLG-0962. In both events, the short-lasting anomalies were densely and continuously …

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 …