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Starkey, D, Horne, K, Dominik, M, Figuera Jaimes, R, Hundertmark, M, Bramich, DM, Calchi Novati, S, Ciceri, S, Rabus, M, Mancini, L, Hinse, TC, Street, RA, Bachelet, E, Tsapras, Y, Kains, N, Korhonen, H, Menzies, J, Rahvar, S, Snodgrass, C, Alsubai, KA, Southworth, J, Steele, IA, Surdej, J, Wertz, O, Scarpetta, G, D Ago, G, Bozza, V, Han, C, Popovas, A, Juncher, D, Haugbølle, T, Jørgensen, UG, Skottfelt, J, Schmidt, R, Wambsganss, J, Udalski, A, Soszyński, I, Skowron, J, Wyrzykowski, Ł, Szymański, MK, Mróz, P, Pietrukowicz, P, Kozłowski, S, Ulaczyk, K and Poleski, R (2019) OGLE-2014-BLG-1186: gravitational microlensing providing evidence for a planet orbiting the foreground star or for a close binary source? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484 (4). 5608 - 5632. ISSN 0035-8711
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Abstract
Discussing the particularly long gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-1186 with a time-scale tE ∼ 300 d, we present a methodology for identifying the nature of localised deviations from single-lens point-source light curves, which ensures that (1) the claimed signal is substantially above the noise floor, (2) the inferred properties are robustly determined and their estimation is not subject to confusion with systematic noise in the photometry, (3) alternative viable solutions within the model framework are not missed. Annual parallax and binarity could be separated and robustly measured from the wing and the peak data, respectively. We find matching model light curves that involve either a binary lens or a binary source, and discover hitherto unknown model ambiguities. Our binary-lens models indicate a planet of mass M2 = (45 ± 9) M⊕, orbiting a star of mass M1 = (0.35 ± 0.06) M⊙, located at a distance DL = (1.7 ± 0.3) kpc from Earth, whereas our binary-source models suggest a brown-dwarf lens of M = (0.046 ± 0.007) M⊙, located at a distance DL = (5.7 ± 0.9) kpc, with the source potentially being a (partially) eclipsing binary involving stars predicted to be of similar colour given the ratios between the luminosities and radii. Further observations might resolve the ambiguity in the interpretation in favour of either a lens or a source binary. We experienced that close binary source stars pose a challenge for claiming the detection of planets by microlensing in events where the source passes very close to the lens star hosting the planet.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the final published version of the article (version of record). It first appeared online via OUP at https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz306 - Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | gravitational lensing: micro, methods: data analysis, methods: statistical, planets and satellites: detection, (stars:) binaries: eclipsing, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics |
Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy > QB460 Astrophysics Q Science > QB Astronomy > QB799 Stars |
Divisions: | Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Chemical and Physical Sciences |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2019 09:21 |
Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2019 09:52 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/6180 |