KMT-2021-BLG-0912Lb: a microlensing super Earth around a K-type star
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Article Title | KMT-2021-BLG-0912Lb: a microlensing super Earth around a K-type star |
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ERA Journal ID | 1050 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Han, Cheongho, Bond, Ian A., Yee, Jennifer C., Zang, Weicheng, Albrow, Michael D., Chung, Sun-Ju, Gould, Andrew P., Hwang, Kyu-Ha, Jung, Youn Kil, Kim, Doeon, Lee, Chung-Uk, Ryu, Yoon-Hyun, Shin, In-Gu, Shvartzvald, Yossi, Cha, Sang-Mok, Kim, Dong-Jin, Kim, Seung-Lee, Lee, Dong-Joo, Lee, Yongseok, Park, Byeong-Gon, Pogge, Richard W., Abe, Fumio, Barry, Richard, Bennett, David P., Bhattacharya, Aparna, Hirao, Yuki, Fujii, Hirosane, Fukui, Akihiko, Itow, Yoshitaka, Kirikawa, Rintaro, Kondo, Iona, Koshimoto, Naoki, Matsubara, Yutaka, Matsumoto, Sho, Muraki, Yasushi, Miyazaki, Shota, Ranc, Clément, Okamura, Arisa, Rattenbury, Nicholas J., Satoh, Yuki, Sumi, Takahiro, Suzuki, Daisuke, Silva, Stela Ishitani, Toda, Taiga, Tristram, Paul J., Yama, Hibiki, Yonehara, Atsunori, Cooper, Tony, Dimitrov, Plamen, Dong, Subo, Drummond, John, Green, Jonathan, Hennerley, Steve, Liu, Zhuokai, Mao, Shude, Maoz, Dan, Penny, Matthew and Yang, Hongjing |
Journal Title | Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal |
Journal Citation | 658 |
Article Number | A94 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | EDP Sciences |
Place of Publication | France |
ISSN | 0004-6361 |
1432-0746 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142495 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/02/aa42495-21/aa42495-21.html |
Abstract | Aims. The light curve of the microlensing event KMT-2021-BLG-0912 exhibits a very short anomaly relative to a single-lens single-source form. We investigate the light curve for the purpose of identifying the origin of the anomaly. Methods. We model the light curve under various interpretations. From this, we find four solutions, in which three solutions are found under the assumption that the lens is composed of two masses (2L1S models), and the other solution is found under the assumption that the source is comprised of binary stars (1L2S model). The 1L2S model is ruled out based on the contradiction that the faint source companion is bigger than its primary, and one of the 2L1S solutions is excluded from the combination of the poorer fit, blending constraint, and lower overall probability, leaving two surviving solutions with the planet/host mass ratios of q 2.8 × 10-5 and 1.1 × 10-5. A subtle central deviation supports the possibility of a tertiary lens component, either a binary companion to the host with a very large or small separation, or a second planet lying near the Einstein ring, but it is difficult to claim a secure detection due to the marginal improvement of the fit, lack of consistency among different data sets, and difficulty in uniquely specifying the nature of the tertiary component. Results. With the observables of the event, it is estimated that the masses of the planet and host are (6.9 M, 0.75 M) according to one solution and~(2.8 M, 0.80 M) according to the other, indicating that the planet is a super Earth around a K-type star, regardless of the solution. The fact that 16 (including the one reported in this work) out of 19 microlensing planets with M10 M were detected during the last 6 yr nicely demonstrates the importance of high-cadence global surveys in detecting very low-mass planets. |
Keywords | planets and satellites: detection; gravitational lensing: micro |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
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Byline Affiliations | Chungbuk National University, Korea |
Massey University, New Zealand | |
Center for Astrophysics Harvard and Smithsonian, United States | |
Tsinghua University, China | |
University of Canterbury, New Zealand | |
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Korea | |
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany | |
Ohio State University, United States | |
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel | |
Kyung Hee University, Korea | |
Korea University of Science and Technology, Korea | |
Nagoya University, Japan | |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States | |
University of Maryland, United States | |
Osaka University, Japan | |
University of Tokyo, Japan | |
Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, Spain | |
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan | |
University of Auckland, New Zealand | |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan | |
Catholic University of America, United States | |
Kumeu Observatory, New Zealand | |
Peking University, China | |
Centre for Astrophysics | |
Possum Observatory, New Zealand | |
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | |
Tel Aviv University, Israel | |
Louisiana State University, United States |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/zq5wv/kmt-2021-blg-0912lb-a-microlensing-super-earth-around-a-k-type-star
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