Spitzer Observations of OGLE-2015-BLG-1212 Reveal a New Path toward Breaking Strong Microlens Degeneracies

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  • V. Bozza
  • Y. Shvartzvald
  • A. Udalski
  • S. Calchi Novati
  • I. A. Bond
  • C. Han
  • M. Hundertmark
  • R. Poleski
  • M. Pawlak
  • M. K. Szymański
  • J. Skowron
  • P. Mróz
  • Ł. Wyrzykowski
  • P. Pietrukowicz
  • K. Ulaczyk
  • C. Beichman
  • G. Bryden
  • S. Carey
  • M. Fausnaugh
  • B. S. Gaudi
  • A. Gould
  • C. B. Henderson
  • B. Wibking
  • W. Zhu
  • Y. Asakura
  • R. K. Barry
  • D. P. Bennett
  • A. Bhattacharya
  • M. Donachie
  • M. Freeman
  • A. Fukui
  • Y. Hirao
  • K. Inayama
  • Y. Itow
  • N. Koshimoto
  • M. C. A. Li
  • C. H. Ling
  • K. Masuda
  • Y. Matsubara
  • Y. Muraki
  • M. Nagakane
  • T. Nishioka
  • K. Ohnishi
  • H. Oyokawa
  • N. Rattenbury
  • To. Saito
  • A. Sharan
  • T. Sumi
  • D. Suzuki
  • A. Yonehara
  • 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
  • KMTNet Group
  • M. Dominik
  • D. M. Bramich
  • M. J. Burgdorf
  • S. Ciceri
  • G. D'Ago
  • D. F. Evans
  • R. Figuera Jaimes
  • S.-H. Gu
  • T. C. Hinse
  • N. Kains
  • E. Kerins
  • H. Korhonen
  • M. Kuffmeier
  • L. Mancini
  • A. Popovas
  • M. Rabus
  • S. Rahvar
  • R. T. Rasmussen
  • G. Scarpetta
  • Jesper Mirsa Skottfelt
  • C. Snodgrass
  • J. Southworth
  • J. Surdej
  • E. Unda-Sanzana
  • C. von Essen
  • D. Maoz
  • M. Friedmann
  • S. Kaspi
  • Wise Group
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.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer79
TidsskriftThe Astrophysical Journal
Vol/bind820
Udgave nummer1
ISSN0004-637X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 mar. 2016

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