MOA-2019-BLG-008Lb: a new microlensing detection of an object at the planet/brown dwarf boundary

E. Bachelet; Y. Tsapras; Andrew Gould; R. A. Street; David P. Bennett; M. P. G. Hundertmark; V. Bozza; D. M. Bramich; A. Cassan; M. Dominik; K. Horne; S. Mao; A. Saha; J. Wambsganss; Weicheng Zang; Fumio Abe; Richard Barry; Aparna Bhattacharya; Ian A. Bond; Akihiko Fukui; Hirosane Fujii; Yuki Hirao; Yoshitaka Itow; Rintaro Kirikawa; Iona Kondo; Naoki Koshimoto; Yutaka Matsubara; Sho Matsumoto; Shota Miyazaki; Yasushi Muraki; Greg Olmschenk; Clément Ranc; Arisa Okamura; Nicholas J. Rattenbury; Yuki Satoh; Takahiro Sumi; Daisuke Suzuki; Stela Ishitani Silva; Taiga Toda; Paul . J. Tristram; Aikaterini Vandorou; Hibiki Yama; Michael D. Albrow; Sun-Ju Chung; Cheongho Han; Kyu-Ha Hwang; Youn Kil Jung; Yoon-Hyun Ryu; In-Gu Shin; Yossi Shvartzvald; Jennifer C. Yee; Sang-Mok Cha; Dong-Jin Kim; Seung-Lee Kim; Chung-Uk Lee; Dong-Joo Lee; Yongseok Lee; Byeong-Gon Park; Richard W. Pogge; Andrzej Udalski; Przemek Mróz; Radosław Poleski; Jan Skowron; Michał K. Szymański; Igor Soszyński; Paweł Pietrukowicz; Szymon Kozłowski; Krzysztof Ulaczyk; Krzysztof A. Rybicki; Patryk Iwanek; Marcin Wrona; Mariusz Gromadzki

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MOA-2019-BLG-008Lb: a new microlensing detection of an object at the planet/brown dwarf boundary

E. Bachelet^*, Y. Tsapras, Andrew Gould, R. A. Street, David P. Bennett, M. P. G. Hundertmark, V. Bozza, D. M. Bramich, A. Cassan, M. Dominik, K. Horne, S. Mao, A. Saha, J. Wambsganss, Weicheng Zang, Fumio Abe, Richard Barry, Aparna Bhattacharya, Ian A. Bond, Akihiko FukuiHirosane Fujii, Yuki Hirao, Yoshitaka Itow, Rintaro Kirikawa, Iona Kondo, Naoki Koshimoto, Yutaka Matsubara, Sho Matsumoto, Shota Miyazaki, Yasushi Muraki, Greg Olmschenk, Clément Ranc, Arisa Okamura, Nicholas J. Rattenbury, Yuki Satoh, Takahiro Sumi, Daisuke Suzuki, Stela Ishitani Silva, Taiga Toda, Paul . J. Tristram, Aikaterini Vandorou, Hibiki Yama, Michael D. Albrow, Sun-Ju Chung, Cheongho Han, Kyu-Ha Hwang, Youn Kil Jung, Yoon-Hyun Ryu, In-Gu Shin, Yossi Shvartzvald, Jennifer C. Yee, Sang-Mok Cha, Dong-Jin Kim, Seung-Lee Kim, Chung-Uk Lee, Dong-Joo Lee, Yongseok Lee, Byeong-Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, Andrzej Udalski, Przemek Mróz, Radosław Poleski, Jan Skowron, Michał K. Szymański, Igor Soszyński, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Szymon Kozłowski, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, Patryk Iwanek, Marcin Wrona, Mariusz Gromadzki

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We report on the observations, analysis and interpretation of the microlensing event MOA-2019-BLG-008. The observed anomaly in the photometric light curve is best described through a binary lens model. In this model, the source did not cross caustics and no finite-source effects were observed. Therefore, the angular Einstein ring radius θ_E cannot be measured from the light curve alone. However, the large event duration, t_E ∼ 80 days, allows a precise measurement of the microlensing parallax π_E. In addition to the constraints on the angular radius θ_* and the apparent brightness I_s of the source, we employ the Besançon and GalMod galactic models to estimate the physical properties of the lens. We find excellent agreement between the predictions of the two galactic models: the companion is likely a resident of the brown dwarf desert with a mass M_p ∼ 30 M_Jup, and the host is a main-sequence dwarf star. The lens lies along the line of sight to the Galactic bulge, at a distance of ≤4 kpc. We estimate that in about 10 yr the lens and source will be separated by ∼55 mas, and it will be possible to confirm the exact nature of the lensing system by using high-resolution imaging from ground- or space-based observatories.

Original language	English
Article number	75
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	164
Issue number	3
Early online date	2 Aug 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac78ed
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2022

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Bachelet, E., Tsapras, Y., Gould, A., Street, R. A., Bennett, D. P., Hundertmark, M. P. G., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., Cassan, A., Dominik, M., Horne, K., Mao, S., Saha, A., Wambsganss, J., Zang, W., Abe, F., Barry, R., Bhattacharya, A., Bond, I. A., ... Gromadzki, M. (2022). MOA-2019-BLG-008Lb: a new microlensing detection of an object at the planet/brown dwarf boundary. Astronomical Journal, 164(3), Article 75. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac78ed

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AU - Tsapras, Y.

AU - Gould, Andrew

AU - Street, R. A.

AU - Bennett, David P.

AU - Hundertmark, M. P. G.

AU - Bozza, V.

AU - Bramich, D. M.

AU - Cassan, A.

AU - Dominik, M.

AU - Horne, K.

AU - Mao, S.

AU - Saha, A.

AU - Wambsganss, J.

AU - Zang, Weicheng

AU - Abe, Fumio

AU - Barry, Richard

AU - Bhattacharya, Aparna

AU - Bond, Ian A.

AU - Fukui, Akihiko

AU - Fujii, Hirosane

AU - Hirao, Yuki

AU - Itow, Yoshitaka

AU - Kirikawa, Rintaro

AU - Kondo, Iona

AU - Koshimoto, Naoki

AU - Matsubara, Yutaka

AU - Matsumoto, Sho

AU - Miyazaki, Shota

AU - Muraki, Yasushi

AU - Olmschenk, Greg

AU - Ranc, Clément

AU - Okamura, Arisa

AU - Rattenbury, Nicholas J.

AU - Satoh, Yuki

AU - Sumi, Takahiro

AU - Suzuki, Daisuke

AU - Silva, Stela Ishitani

AU - Toda, Taiga

AU - Tristram, Paul . J.

AU - Vandorou, Aikaterini

AU - Yama, Hibiki

AU - Albrow, Michael D.

AU - Chung, Sun-Ju

AU - Han, Cheongho

AU - Hwang, Kyu-Ha

AU - Jung, Youn Kil

AU - Ryu, Yoon-Hyun

AU - Shin, In-Gu

AU - Shvartzvald, Yossi

AU - Yee, Jennifer C.

AU - Cha, Sang-Mok

AU - Kim, Dong-Jin

AU - Kim, Seung-Lee

AU - Lee, Chung-Uk

AU - Lee, Dong-Joo

AU - Lee, Yongseok

AU - Park, Byeong-Gon

AU - Pogge, Richard W.

AU - Udalski, Andrzej

AU - Mróz, Przemek

AU - Poleski, Radosław

AU - Skowron, Jan

AU - Szymański, Michał K.

AU - Soszyński, Igor

AU - Pietrukowicz, Paweł

AU - Kozłowski, Szymon

AU - Ulaczyk, Krzysztof

AU - Rybicki, Krzysztof A.

AU - Iwanek, Patryk

AU - Wrona, Marcin

AU - Gromadzki, Mariusz

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N2 - We report on the observations, analysis and interpretation of the microlensing event MOA-2019-BLG-008. The observed anomaly in the photometric light curve is best described through a binary lens model. In this model, the source did not cross caustics and no finite-source effects were observed. Therefore, the angular Einstein ring radius θE cannot be measured from the light curve alone. However, the large event duration, tE ∼ 80 days, allows a precise measurement of the microlensing parallax πE. In addition to the constraints on the angular radius θ* and the apparent brightness Is of the source, we employ the Besançon and GalMod galactic models to estimate the physical properties of the lens. We find excellent agreement between the predictions of the two galactic models: the companion is likely a resident of the brown dwarf desert with a mass Mp ∼ 30 MJup, and the host is a main-sequence dwarf star. The lens lies along the line of sight to the Galactic bulge, at a distance of ≤4 kpc. We estimate that in about 10 yr the lens and source will be separated by ∼55 mas, and it will be possible to confirm the exact nature of the lensing system by using high-resolution imaging from ground- or space-based observatories.

AB - We report on the observations, analysis and interpretation of the microlensing event MOA-2019-BLG-008. The observed anomaly in the photometric light curve is best described through a binary lens model. In this model, the source did not cross caustics and no finite-source effects were observed. Therefore, the angular Einstein ring radius θE cannot be measured from the light curve alone. However, the large event duration, tE ∼ 80 days, allows a precise measurement of the microlensing parallax πE. In addition to the constraints on the angular radius θ* and the apparent brightness Is of the source, we employ the Besançon and GalMod galactic models to estimate the physical properties of the lens. We find excellent agreement between the predictions of the two galactic models: the companion is likely a resident of the brown dwarf desert with a mass Mp ∼ 30 MJup, and the host is a main-sequence dwarf star. The lens lies along the line of sight to the Galactic bulge, at a distance of ≤4 kpc. We estimate that in about 10 yr the lens and source will be separated by ∼55 mas, and it will be possible to confirm the exact nature of the lensing system by using high-resolution imaging from ground- or space-based observatories.

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