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Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. I. OGLE-2019-BLG-1053Lb, a Buried Terrestrial Planet

Weicheng Zang, Kyu‐Ha Hwang, A. Udalski, Tianshu Wang, Wei Zhu, T. Sumi, Jennifer C. Yee, Andrew Gould, Shude Mao, Xiangyu Zhang, (Leading Authors), Michael D. Albrow, Sun‐Ju Chung, Cheongho Han, Youn Kil Jung, Yoon-Hyun Ryu, In-Gu Shin, Yossi Shvartzvald, Sang-Mok Cha, Dong-Jin Kim, Hyoun-Woo Kim, Seung‐Lee Kim, Chung‐Uk Lee, Dong-Joo Lee, Yongseok Lee, Byeong-Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, P. Mróz, J. Skowron, R. Poleski, M. K. Szymański, I. Soszyński, P. Pietrukowicz, S. Kozłowski, K. Ulaczyk, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, Patryk Iwanek, Marcin Wrona, M. Gromadzki, I. A. Bond, Fumio Abe, Richard Barry, D. P. Bennett, Aparna Bhattacharya, M. Donachie, Hirosane Fujii, Akihiko Fukui, Yuki Hirao, Y. Itow, Rintaro Kirikawa, Iona Kondo, Naoki Koshimoto, Man Cheung Alex Li, Y. Matsubara, Y. Muraki, Shota Miyazaki, Greg Olmschenk, ‪Clément Ranc, Nicholas J. Rattenbury, Yuki Satoh, Hikaru Shoji, Stela Ishitani Silva, Daisuke Suzuki, Yuzuru Tanaka, P. J. Tristram, Tsubasa Yamawaki, Atsunori Yonehara, Charles Beichman, G. Bryden, S. Calchi Novati, S. Carey, B. Scott Gaudi, Calen B. Henderson, Samson A. Johnson, (The Spitzer Team)

2021The Astronomical Journal58 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract In order to exhume the buried signatures of “missing planetary caustics” in Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) data, we conducted a systematic anomaly search of the residuals from point-source point-lens fits, based on a modified version of the KMTNet EventFinder algorithm. This search revealed the lowest-mass-ratio planetary caustic to date in the microlensing event OGLE-2019-BLG-1053, for which the planetary signal had not been noticed before. The planetary system has a planet–host mass ratio of q = (1.25 ± 0.13) × 10 −5 . A Bayesian analysis yielded estimates of the mass of the host star, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>host</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0.61</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.24</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.29</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mspace width="0.25em"/> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>⊙</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> , the mass of its planet, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>planet</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2.48</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.98</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1.19</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mspace width="0.25em"/> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>⊕</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> , the projected planet–host separation, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>⊥</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3.4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.5</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.5</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> au, and the lens distance, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">L</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>6.8</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.9</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.6</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> kpc. The discovery of this very-low-mass-ratio planet illustrates the utility of our method and opens a new window for a large and homogeneous sample to study the microlensing planet–host mass ratio function down to q ∼ 10 −5 .

Topics & Concepts

PhysicsAstrobiologyPlanetAstronomyAnomaly (physics)Terrestrial planetAstrophysicsCondensed matter physicsStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstro and Planetary ScienceGamma-ray bursts and supernovae