ROME/REA: a gravitational microlensing search for exoplanets beyond the snow line on a global network of robotic telescopes

Yiannis Tsapras; Rachel A. Street; Markus Hundertmark; Etienne Bachelet; Martin Dominik; Valerio Bozza; Arnaud Cassan; Joachim Wambsganss; Keith Douglas Horne; Shude Mao; Weichen Zang; Daniel M. Bramich; Abhijit Saha

doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ab3b19

ROME/REA: a gravitational microlensing search for exoplanets beyond the snow line on a global network of robotic telescopes

Yiannis Tsapras, Rachel A. Street, Markus Hundertmark, Etienne Bachelet, Martin Dominik, Valerio Bozza, Arnaud Cassan, Joachim Wambsganss, Keith Douglas Horne, Shude Mao, Weichen Zang, Daniel M. Bramich, Abhijit Saha

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Abstract

Planet population synthesis models predict an abundance of planets with semimajor axes between 1 and 10 au, yet they lie at the edge of the detection limits of most planet finding techniques. Discovering these planets and studying their distribution is critical to understanding the physical processes that drive planet formation. ROME/REA is a gravitational microlensing project whose main science driver is to discover exoplanets in the cold outer regions of planetary systems. To achieve this, it uses a novel approach combining a multiband survey with reactive follow-up observations, exploiting the unique capabilities of the Las Cumbres Observatory global network of robotic telescopes combined with a Target and Observation Manager system. We present the main science objectives and a technical overview of the project, including initial results.

Original language	English
Article number	1244401
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume	131
Issue number	1006
Early online date	11 Oct 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab3b19
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019

Keywords

Galaxy: bulge
Gravitational lensing: micro
Methods: data analysis
Methods: observational
Planetary systems

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Astronomy at St Andrews 2018-2021: Astronomy at St Andrews 2018-2021
Jardine, M. M. (PI), Bonnell, I. A. (CoI), Cameron, A. C. (CoI), Cyganowski, C. J. (CoI), Dominik, M. (CoI), Helling, C. (CoI), Horne, K. D. (CoI), Scholz, A. (CoI), Tojeiro, R. (CoI), Weijmans, A.-M. (CoI), Wild, V. (CoI), Woitke, P. (CoI), Wood, K. (CoI) & Zhao, H. (CoI)
1/04/18 → 31/03/22
Project: Standard

ROME/REA: A Gravitational Microlensing Search for Exoplanets Beyondthe Snow Line on a Global Network of Robotic Telescopes (dataset)
Tsapras, Y. (Creator), Street, R. A. (Creator), Hundertmark, M. (Creator), Bachelet, E. (Creator), Dominik, M. (Creator), Bozza, V. (Creator), Cassan, A. (Creator), Wambsganss, J. (Creator), Horne, K. D. (Creator), Mao, S. (Creator), Zang, W. (Creator), Bramich, D. M. (Creator) & Saha, A. (Creator), GitHub, 2019
https://github.com/pyDANDIA/pyDANDIA and 2 more links, https://github.com/dgodinez77/LIA, https://github.com/ebachelet/pyLIMA (show fewer)
Dataset

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Tsapras, Y., Street, R. A., Hundertmark, M., Bachelet, E., Dominik, M., Bozza, V., Cassan, A., Wambsganss, J., Horne, K. D., Mao, S., Zang, W., Bramich, D. M., & Saha, A. (2019). ROME/REA: a gravitational microlensing search for exoplanets beyond the snow line on a global network of robotic telescopes. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 131(1006), 1-12. Article 1244401. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab3b19

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ROME/REA: a gravitational microlensing search for exoplanets beyond the snow line on a global network of robotic telescopes

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ROME/REA: A Gravitational Microlensing Search for Exoplanets Beyondthe Snow Line on a Global Network of Robotic Telescopes (dataset)

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