Mass Measurements of Isolated Objects from Space-based Microlensing

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  • Wei Zhu
  • S. Calchi Novati
  • A. Gould
  • A. Udalski
  • C. Han
  • Y. Shvartzvald
  • C. Ranc
  • R. Poleski
  • V. Bozza
  • C. Beichman
  • G. Bryden
  • S. Carey
  • B. S. Gaudi
  • C. B. Henderson
  • R. W. Pogge
  • I. Porritt
  • B. Wibking
  • J. C. Yee
  • M. Pawlak
  • M. K. Szymański
  • J. Skowron
  • P. Mróz
  • S. Kozłowski
  • Ł. Wyrzykowski
  • P. Pietrukowicz
  • G. Pietrzyński
  • I. Soszyński
  • K. Ulaczyk
  • J.-Y. Choi
  • H. Park
  • Y. K. Jung
  • I.-G. Shin
  • M. D. Albrow
  • B.-G. Park
  • S.-L. Kim
  • C.-U. Lee
  • S.-M. Cha
  • D.-J. Kim
  • Y. Lee
  • M. Friedmann
  • S. Kaspi
  • D. Maoz
  • M. Hundertmark
  • R. A. Street
  • Y. Tsapras
  • D. M. Bramich
  • A. Cassan
  • M. Dominik
  • E. Bachelet
  • Subo Dong
  • R. Figuera Jaimes
  • K. Horne
  • S. Mao
  • J. Menzies
  • R. Schmidt
  • C. Snodgrass
  • I. A. Steele
  • J. Wambsganss
  • RoboNeT Team
  • Jesper Mirsa Skottfelt
  • M. J. Burgdorf
  • S. Ciceri
  • G. D'Ago
  • D. F. Evans
  • E. Kerins
  • H. Korhonen
  • M. Kuffmeier
  • L. Mancini
  • N. Peixinho
  • A. Popovas
  • M. Rabus
  • S. Rahvar
  • R. Tronsgaard
  • G. Scarpetta
  • J. Southworth
  • J. Surdej
  • C. von Essen
  • Y.-B. Wang
  • O. Wertz
  • MiNDSTEP Group
We report on the mass and distance measurements of two single-lens events from the 2015 Spitzer microlensing campaign. With both finite-source effect and microlens parallax measurements, we find that the lens of OGLE-2015-BLG-1268 is very likely a brown dwarf (BD). Assuming that the source star lies behind the same amount of dust as the Bulge red clump, we find the lens is a 45 ± 7 {M}{{J}} BD at 5.9 ± 1.0 kpc. The lens of of the second event, OGLE-2015-BLG-0763, is a 0.50 ± 0.04 {M}⊙ star at 6.9 ± 1.0 kpc. We show that the probability to definitively measure the mass of isolated microlenses is dramatically increased once simultaneous ground- and space-based observations are conducted.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer60
TidsskriftAstrophysical Journal
Vol/bind825
Udgave nummer1
ISSN0004-637X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jul. 2016

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