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

Astronomical Journal, ISSN: 0004-6256, Vol: 165, Issue: 3
2023
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  • Citations
    18
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  • Captures
    2
  • Mentions
    5
    • References
      5
      • Wikipedia
        5

Article Description

We present the analysis of seven microlensing planetary events with planet/host mass ratios q < 10: KMT-2017-BLG-1194, KMT-2017-BLG-0428, KMT-2019-BLG-1806, KMT-2017-BLG-1003, KMT-2019-BLG-1367, OGLE-2017-BLG-1806, and KMT-2016-BLG-1105. They were identified by applying the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) AnomalyFinder algorithm to 2016-2019 KMTNet events. A Bayesian analysis indicates that all the lens systems consist of a cold super-Earth orbiting an M or K dwarf. Together with 17 previously published and three that will be published elsewhere, AnomalyFinder has found a total of 27 planets that have solutions with q < 10 from 2016-2019 KMTNet events, which lays the foundation for the first statistical analysis of the planetary mass-ratio function based on KMTNet data. By reviewing the 27 planets, we find that the missing planetary caustics problem in the KMTNet planetary sample has been solved by AnomalyFinder. We also find a desert of high-magnification planetary signals (A ≳ 65), and a follow-up project for KMTNet high-magnification events could detect at least two more q < 10 planets per year and form an independent statistical sample.

Bibliographic Details

Weicheng Zang; Hongjing Yang; Shude Mao; Jiyuan Zhang; Wei Zhu; Jennifer C. Yee; In Gu Shin; Hanyue Wang; Youn Kil Jung; Sun Ju Chung; Kyu Ha Hwang; Yoon Hyun Ryu; Sang Mok Cha; Dong Jin Kim; Hyoun Woo Kim; Seung Lee Kim; Chung Uk Lee; Dong Joo Lee; Yongseok Lee; Byeong Gon Park; Xiangyu Zhang; Andrew Gould; Andrzej Udalski; Przemek Mróz; Jan Skowron; Radoslaw Poleski; Michał K. Szymański; Igor Soszyński; Paweł Pietrukowicz; Szymon Kozłowski; Krzysztof A. Rybicki; Patryk Iwanek; Marcin Wrona; Mariusz Gromadzki; Richard W. Pogge; Michael D. Albrow; Cheongho Han; Yossi Shvartzvald; Krzysztof Ulaczyk

American Astronomical Society

Physics and Astronomy; Earth and Planetary Sciences

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