Lens mass estimate in the Galactic disk extreme parallax microlensing event Gaia19dke

M. Maskoliūnas, Ł. Wyrzykowski, K. Howil, P. J. Mikołajczyk, P. Zieliński, Z. Kaczmarek, K. Kruszyńska, M. Jabłońska, J. Zdanavičius, E. Pakštienė, V. Čepas, K. A. Rybicki, R. Janulis, E. Stonkutė, M. Gromadzki, N. Ihanec, R. Adomavičienė, K. Šiškauskaitė, M. Bronikowski, P. SivakA. Stankevičiūtė, M. Sitek, M. Ratajczak, U. Pylypenko, I. Gezer, S. Awiphan, E. Bachelet, K. Bąkowska, R. P. Boyle, V. Bozza, S. M. Brincat, U. Burgaz, T. Butterley, J. M. Carrasco, A. Cassan, F. Cusano, G. Damljanovic, J. W. Davidson, V. S. Dhillon, M. Dominik, F. Dubois, H. H. Esenoglu, R. Figuera Jaimes, A. Fukui, C. Galdies, A. Garofalo, V. Godunova, T. Güver, F. Hansdorfer, J. Heidt, M. Hundertmark, I. Izviekova, B. Joachimczyk, M. K. Kamińska, K. Kamiński, S. Kaptan, T. Kvernadze, O. Kvaratskhelia, K. Kotysz, S. Littlefair, O. Michniewicz, N. Nakhatutai, W. Ogłoza, R. Ohsawa, J. M. Olszewska, R. Poleski, M. Polińska, A. Popowicz, J. K. T. Qvam, M. Radziwonowicz, D. E. Reichart, A. Słowikowska, A. Simon, E. Sonbas, M. Stojanovic, M. Szkudlarek, Y. Tsapras, S. Vanaverbeke, J. Wambsganss, R. W. Wilson, S. Zola

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Abstract

We present the results of our analysis of Gaia19dke, an extraordinary microlensing event in the Cygnus constellation that was first spotted by the {\gaia} satellite. This event featured a strong microlensing parallax effect, which resulted in multiple peaks in the light curve. We conducted extensive photometric, spectroscopic, and high-resolution imaging follow-up observations to determine the mass and the nature of the invisible lensing object. Using the Milky Way priors on density and velocity of lenses, we found that the dark lens is likely to be located at a distance of $D_L =(3.05^{+4.10}_{-2.42})$kpc, and has a mass of $M_L =(0.51^{+3.07}_{-0.40}) M_\odot$. Based on its low luminosity and mass, we propose that the lens in Gaia19dke event is an isolated white dwarf.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77–111
JournalActa Astronomica
Volume74
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 9 Nov 2024

Keywords

  • Gravitational lensing: micro
  • Stars: fundamental parameters
  • White dwarfs

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