Calchi Novati, S. and Beichman, C. and Henderson, C. B. and Carey, S. (2019) Spitzer Microlensing Parallax for OGLE-2016-BLG-1067: A Sub-Jupiter Orbiting an M Dwarf in the Disk. Astronomical Journal, 157 (3). Art. No. 121. ISSN 1538-3881. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab0106. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190220-083027656
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Abstract
We report the discovery of a sub-Jupiter-mass planet orbiting beyond the snow line of an M dwarf most likely in the Galactic disk as part of the joint Spitzer and ground-based monitoring of planetary microlensing anomalies toward the Galactic bulge. Most of the microlensing parameters are strongly constrained by the light-curve modeling, and in particular there is a Spitzer-based measurement of the microlens parallax, π E. However, there are no caustic crossings, so the angular Einstein radius has only an upper limit based on the light-curve modeling alone. Additionally, the analysis leads us to identify eight degenerate configurations: the fourfold microlensing parallax degeneracy being doubled by a degeneracy in the caustic structure present at the level of the ground-based solutions. To calculate the physical parameters, and at the same time to break the parallax degeneracy, we make use of a series of arguments: the χ 2 hierarchy, the Rich argument (stating that the small-parallax solution is more likely), and a prior Galactic model. The preferred configuration, favored by a likelihood ratio of at least 4000, is for a host at D_L = 3.73^(+0.66)_(-0.67) kpc with mass M_L = 0.30^(+0.15)_(-0.12) M⊙, orbited by a Saturn-like planet with M_(planet) = 0.43^(+0.21)_(-0.17) M_(Jup) at projected separation a = 1.70^(+0.38)_(-0.39) au, about 2.1 times beyond the system snow line. Therefore, it adds to the growing population of sub-Jupiter planets orbiting beyond the snow line of M dwarfs discovered by microlensing. Based on the rules of the real-time protocol for the selection of events to be followed up with Spitzer, this planet will not enter the sample for measuring the Galactic distribution of planets.
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Additional Information: | © 2019 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2018 January 2; revised 2018 December 20; accepted 2019 January 21; published 2019 February 19. Work by W.Z., Y.K.J., and A.G. was supported by AST-1516842 from the US NSF. W.Z., I.G.S., and A.G. were supported by JPL grant 1500811. Work by Y.S. was supported by an appointment to the NASA Postdoctoral Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, administered by Universities Space Research Association through a contract with NASA. Work by C.H. was supported by grant 2017R1A4A101517 of the National Research Foundation of Korea. Work by C.R. was supported by an appointment to the NASA Postdoctoral Program at the Goddard Space Flight Center, administered by USRA through a contract with NASA. The MOA project is supported by JSPS KAKENHI grant nos. JSPS24253004, JSPS26247023, JSPS23340064, JSPS15H00781, and JP16H06287. The OGLE project has received funding from the National Science Centre, Poland, grant MAESTRO 2014/14/A/ST9/00121 to A.U. This research has made use of the KMTNet system operated by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), and the data were obtained at the three host sites of CTIO in Chile, SAAO in South Africa, and SSO in Australia. This work is based (in part) on observations made with the Spitzer Space Telescope, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with NASA. Support for this work was provided by NASA through an award issued by JPL/Caltech. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | gravitational lensing: micro – planetary systems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issue or Number: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.3847/1538-3881/ab0106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | S. Calchi Novati et al 2019 AJ 157 121 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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