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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Mass measurement of a single unseen star and planetary detection efficiency for OGLE 2007-BLG-050
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 508, No. 1, Year 2009
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Aims. We analyze OGLE-2007-BLG-050, a high magnification microlensing event (Ã432) whose peak occurred on 2 May, 2007, with pronounced finite-source and parallax effects. We compute planet detection efficiencies for this event in order to determine its sensitivity to the presence of planets around the lens star.Methods. Both finite-source and parallax effects permit a measurement of the angular Einstein radius E=0.48±0.01 mas and the parallax πE=0.12±0.03, leading to an estimate of the lens mass M=0.50±0.14 M and its distance to the observer DL=5.5±0.4 kpc. This is only the second determination of a reasonably precise (<30%) mass estimate for an isolated unseen object, using any method. This allows us to calculate the planetary detection efficiency in physical units (r,m), where r is the projected planet-star separation and mp is the planet mass.Results. When computing planet detection efficiency, we did not find any planetary signature, i.e. none of the planetary configurations provides a δX 2 improvement higher than 60, and our detection efficiency results reveal significant sensitivity to Neptune-mass planets, and to a lesser extent Earth-mass planets in some configurations. Indeed, Jupiter and Neptune-mass planets are excluded with a high confidence for a large projected separation range between the planet and the lens star, respectively [0.6-10] and [1.4-4] AU, and Earth-mass planets are excluded with a 10% confidence in the lensing zone, i.e. [1.8-3.1] AU. © 2009 ESO.
Authors & Co-Authors
Batista, Virginie
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Dong, Subo
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Gould, Andrew P.
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Beaulieu, Jean Philippe H.
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Cassan, Arnaud
Germany, Heidelberg
Astronomisches Rechen-institut
Christie, Grant W.
New Zealand, Auckland
Stardome Observatory, Auckland
Han, Cheongho
South Korea, Cheongju
Chungbuk National University
Udalski, Andrzej
Poland, Warsaw
University of Warsaw
Allen, William H.
South Africa, Pretoria
Bronberg Observatory
DePoy, Darren L.
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Gal-Yam, Avishay
Israel, Rehovot
Weizmann Institute of Science Israel
Gaudi, B. Scott
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Johnson, Bradley R.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Kaspi, Shai S.
Israel, Tel Aviv-yafo
Tel Aviv University
Lee, Chung-uk
South Korea, Daejeon
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Maoz, Dan
Israel, Tel Aviv-yafo
Tel Aviv University
McCormick, Jennie M.
New Zealand, Auckland
Centre for Backyard Astrophysics
McGreer, Ian D.
United States, New York
Columbia University
Monard, Berto L.A.G.
South Africa, Pretoria
Bronberg Observatory
Natusch, Timothy J.
New Zealand, Auckland
Auckland University of Technology
Ofek, Eran O.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Park, Byeong-gon
South Korea, Daejeon
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Pogge, Richard W.
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Polishook, David
Israel, Tel Aviv-yafo
Tel Aviv University
Shporer, Avi
Israel, Tel Aviv-yafo
Tel Aviv University
Albrow, Michael D.
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Bennett, David P.
United States, Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
Brillant, Stéphanie
Chile, Santiago
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Bode, Michael F.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
Bramich, Daniel M.
Spain, Santa Cruz de la Palma
Isaac Newton Group
Burgdorf, Martin J.
United States, Moffett Field
Sofia Science Center
New Zealand, Auckland
Auckland University of Technology
Caldwell, John A.R.
United States, Davis
Mcdonald Observatory
Calitz, H.
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State
Cole, Andrew A.
Australia, Hobart
University of Tasmania
Cook, Kem H.
United States, Livermore
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Coutures, Christian
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Dieters, Stefan W.B.
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Australia, Hobart
University of Tasmania
Dominik, Martin
United Kingdom, St Andrews
University of st Andrews
Prester, Dijana Dominis
Croatia, Rijeka
Faculty of Physics, University of Rijeka
Donatowicz, J.
Austria, Vienna
Technische Universität Wien
Fouqué, Pascal
France, Toulouse
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie Irap
Greenhill, John G.
Australia, Hobart
University of Tasmania
Hoffman, Matie J.H.
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State
Hörne, Keith D.
United Kingdom, St Andrews
University of st Andrews
Jörgensen, Uffe Gråe
Denmark, Copenhagen
Niels Bohr Institutet
Kains, Noé
United Kingdom, St Andrews
University of st Andrews
Kane, Stephen R.
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kubas, Daniel
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Chile, Santiago
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Marquette, Jean Baptiste
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Martin, Ralph
Australia, Bickley
Perth Observatory
Meintjes, Pieter J.
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State
Menzies, John W.
South Africa, Cape Town
South African Astronomical Observatory
Pollard, Karen R.
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Sahu, Kailash C.
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Snodgrass, Colin
Chile, Santiago
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Steele, Iain A.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
Tsapras, Yiannis
United Kingdom, London
Queen Mary University of London
Wambsganss, Joachim
Germany, Heidelberg
Astronomisches Rechen-institut
Williams, Andrew J.
Australia, Bickley
Perth Observatory
Zub, Marta
Germany, Heidelberg
Astronomisches Rechen-institut
Wyrzykowski, P.
Poland, Warsaw
University of Warsaw
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Kubiak, Marcin
Poland, Warsaw
University of Warsaw
Szymánski, Michał K.
Poland, Warsaw
University of Warsaw
Pietrzýnski, Grzegorz
Poland, Warsaw
University of Warsaw
Chile, Biobio
Universidad de Concepcion
Soszyński, Igor
Poland, Warsaw
University of Warsaw
Szewczyk, Olaf
Poland, Warsaw
University of Warsaw
Chile, Biobio
Universidad de Concepcion
Ulaczyk, Krzysztof
Poland, Warsaw
University of Warsaw
Abe, Fumio
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Bond, Ian A.
New Zealand, Auckland
Massey University Auckland
Fukui, Akihiko
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Furusawa, Kei
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Hearnshaw, John B.
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Holderness, S.
New Zealand, Auckland
The University of Auckland
Itow, Yoshitaka
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Kamiya, Koki
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Kilmartin, Pamela M.
New Zealand, Lake Tekapo
University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory
Korpela, Aarno V.
New Zealand, Lake Tekapo
University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory
Lin, Wei
New Zealand, Auckland
Massey University Auckland
Ling, Chohong
New Zealand, Auckland
Massey University Auckland
Masuda, Kimiaki
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Matsubara, Yutaka
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Miyake, Noriyuki
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Muraki, Y.
Japan, Kobe
Konan University
Nagaya, Maiko
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Ohnishi, Kouji
Japan, Nagano
National Institute of Technology, Nagano College
Okumura, T.
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Perrott, Yvette C.
Germany, Stuttgart
Universität Stuttgart
Rattenbury, Nicholas James
Germany, Stuttgart
Universität Stuttgart
Saito, To
Japan, Tokyo
Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology
Sako, Takashi
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Skuljan, Ljiljana
New Zealand, Auckland
Massey University Auckland
Sullivan, Denis J.
New Zealand, Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington
Sumi, Takahiro
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Sweatman, Winston L.
New Zealand, Auckland
Massey University Auckland
Tristram, Paul J.
New Zealand, Lake Tekapo
University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory
Yock, C. M.
Germany, Stuttgart
Universität Stuttgart
Statistics
Citations: 96
Authors: 96
Affiliations: 46
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1051/0004-6361/200912923
ISSN:
00046361
e-ISSN:
14320746