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Abstract

Spitzer microlensing parallax observations of OGLE-2015-BLG-1212 decisively break a degeneracy between planetary and binary solutions that is somewhat ambiguous when only ground-based data are considered. Only eight viable models survive out of an initial set of 32 local minima in the parameter space. These models clearly indicate that the lens is a stellar binary system possibly located within the bulge of our Galaxy, ruling out the planetary alternative. We argue that several types of discrete degeneracies can be broken via such space-based parallax observations.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: binaries, general, Galaxy, bulge, gravitational lensing, micro, planets and satellites, detection, space vehicles
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Life Sciences
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Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 14 Jun 2016 09:26
Last Modified: 15 Apr 2019 10:45
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/1850

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