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Extreme Magnification Microlensing Event OGLE-2008-BLG-279: Strong Limits on Planetary Companions to the Lens Star

  • J.C. Yee
  • , A. Udalski
  • , T. Sumi
  • , S. Dong
  • , S. Kozlowski
  • , J.C. Bird
  • , A.A. Cole
  • , D. Higgins
  • , J. Mccormick
  • , L.A.G. Monard
  • , D. Polishook
  • , A. Shporer
  • , O. Spector
  • , M.K. Szymanski
  • , M. Kubiak
  • , G. Pietrzynski
  • , I. Soszynski
  • , O. Szewczyk
  • , K. Ulaczyk
  • , L. Wyrzykowski
  • R. Poleski, W. Allen, M. Bos, G.W. Christie, D.L. Depoy, J.D. Eastman, B.S. Gaudi, A. Gould, C. Han, S. Kaspi, C.U. Lee, F. Mallia, A. Maury, D. Maoz, T. Natusch, B.G. Park, R.W. Pogge, R. Santallo, F. Abe, I.A. Bond, A. Fukui, K. Furusawa, J.B. Hearnshaw, S. Hosaka, Y. Itow, K. Kamiya, A.V. Korpela, P.M. Kilmartin, W. Lin, C.H. Ling, S. Makita, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, N. Miyake, Y. Muraki, M. Nagaya, K. Nishimoto, K. Ohnishi, Y.C. Perrott, N.J. Rattenbury, T. Sako, T. Saito, L. Skuljan, D.J. Sullivan, W.L. Sweatman, P.J. Tristram, P.C.M. Yock, M.D. Albrow, V. Batista, P. Fouque, J.P. Beaulieu, D.P. Bennett, A. Cassan, J. Comparat, C. Coutures, S. Dieters, J.G. Greenhill, K. Horne, N. Kains, D. Kubas, R. Martin, J. Menzies, J. Wambsganss, Andrew Williams, M. Zub

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    Abstract

    We analyze the extreme high-magnification microlensing event OGLE-2008-BLG-279, which peaked at a maximum magnification of A ~ 1600 on 2008 May 30. The peak of this event exhibits both finite-source effects and terrestrial parallax, from which we determine the mass of the lens, Ml = 0.64 ± 0.10 M , and its distance, Dl = 4.0 ± 0.6 kpc. We rule out Jupiter-mass planetary companions to the lens star for projected separations in the range 0.5-20 AU. More generally, we find that this event was sensitive to planets with masses as small as 0.2 M_Earth ~= 2 M_Mars with projected separations near the Einstein ring (~3 AU).
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2082-2090
    JournalThe Astrophysical Journal
    Volume703
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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