In this work, we continue to apply the updated KMTNet tender-love care photometric pipeline to historical microlensing events. We apply the pipeline to a subsample of events from the KMTNet database, which we refer to as the giant source sample. Leveraging the improved photometric data, we conduct a systematic search for anomalies within this sample. The search successfully uncovers four new planet-like anomalies and recovers two previously known planetary signals. After detailed analysis, two of the newly discovered anomalies are confirmed as clear planets: KMT-2019-BLG-0578 and KMT-2021-BLG-0736. Their planet-to-host mass ratios are q ∼ 4 × 10−3 and q ∼ 1 × 10−4, respectively. Another event, OGLE-2018-BLG-0421 (KMT-2018-BLG-0831), remains ambiguous. Both a stellar companion and a giant planet in the lens system could potentially explain the observed anomaly. The anomaly signal of the last event, MOA-2022-BLG-038 (KMT-2022-BLG-2342), is attributed to an extra source star. Within this sample, our procedure doubles the number of confirmed planets, demonstrating a significant enhancement in the survey sensitivity.
Systematic Reanalysis of KMTNet Microlensing Events. II. Two New Planets in Giant-source Events
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Yang 杨, Hongjing 弘靖1, 2
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Yee, Jennifer C.3
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Zhang 张, Jiyuan 纪元2
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Lee, Chung-Uk4
- Kim, Dong-Jin4
- Bond, Ian A.5
- Udalski, Andrzej6
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Hwang, Kyu-Ha4
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Zang 臧, Weicheng 伟呈3
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Qian 钱, Qiyue 奇玥2
- Gould, Andrew7, 8
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Mao 毛, Shude 淑德2
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Albrow, Michael D.9
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Chung, Sun-Ju4
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Han, Cheongho10
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Jung, Youn Kil4, 11
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Ryu, Yoon-Hyun4
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Shin, In-Gu3
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Shvartzvald, Yossi12
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Cha, Sang-Mok4, 13
- Kim, Hyoun-Woo4
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Kim, Seung-Lee4
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Lee, Dong-Joo4
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Lee, Yongseok4, 13
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Park, Byeong-Gon4
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Pogge, Richard W.8
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- Abe, Fumio14
- Bando, Ken15
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Bennett, David P.16, 17
- Bhattacharya, Aparna16, 17
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Fukui, Akihiko18, 19
- Hamada, Ryusei15
- Hamada, Shunya15
- Hamasaki, Naoto15
- Hirao, Yuki18
- Ishitani Silva, Stela16, 20
- Itow, Yoshitaka14
- Koshimoto, Naoki15
- Matsubara, Yutaka14
- Miyazaki, Shota21
- Muraki, Yasushi14
- Nagai, Tutumi15
- Nunota, Kansuke15
- Olmschenk, Greg16
- Ranc, Clément22, 23
- Rattenbury, Nicholas J.24
- Satoh, Yuki15
- Sumi, Takahiro15
- Suzuki, Daisuke15
- Terry, Sean K.16, 17
- Tristram, Paul . J.9
- Vandorou, Aikaterini16, 17
- Yama, Hibiki15
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Mróz, Przemek25
- Skowron, Jan6
- Poleski, Radoslaw6
- Szymański, Michał K.6
- Soszyński, Igor6
- Pietrukowicz, Paweł6
- Kozłowski, Szymon6
- Ulaczyk, Krzysztof26
- Rybicki, Krzysztof A.6
- Iwanek, Patryk6
- Wrona, Marcin6
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Westlake University
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Tsinghua University
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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
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Massey University
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University of Warsaw
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Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
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The Ohio State University
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University of Canterbury
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Chungbuk National University
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Korea University of Science and Technology
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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Kyung Hee University
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Nagoya University
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Osaka University
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Goddard Space Flight Center
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University of Maryland, College Park
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University of Tokyo
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Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
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Catholic University of America
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Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
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Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
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Sorbonne University
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University of Auckland
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California Institute of Technology
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University of Warwick
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Acknowledgement
H.Y. acknowledges support by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2024M762938). H.Y., J.Z., W.Z., Q.Q., and S.M. acknowledge support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 12133005). J.C.Y. and I.-G.S. acknowledge support from U.S. NSF grant No. AST-2108414. This research has made use of the KMTNet system operated by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) at three host sites of CTIO in Chile, SAAO in South Africa, and SSO in Australia. Data transfer from the host site to KASI was supported by the Korea Research Environment Open NETwork (KREONET). This research was supported by KASI under the R&D program (project No. 2024-1-832-01) supervised by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The MOA project is supported by JSPS KAKENHI grant Nos. JP24253004, JP26247023,JP16H06287, and JP22H00153. The authors acknowledge the Tsinghua Astrophysics High-Performance Computing platform at Tsinghua University for providing computational and data storage resources that have contributed to the research results reported within this paper.
Software References
NumPy (C. R. Harris et al. 2020), SciPy (P. Virtanen et al. 2020), astropy (Astropy Collaboration et al. 2013, 2018, 2022), pyDIA (D. Michael 2017), PyAstronomy (S. Czesla et al. 2019), VBBinaryLensing (V. Bozza 2010; V. Bozza et al. 2018).
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Funding
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- 2024M762938
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 12133005
- National Science Foundation
- AST-2108414
- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
- 2024-1-832-01
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- JP24253004
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- JP26247023
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- JP16H06287
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- JP22H00153
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2025-03-24
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2025-05-07Published