1. SPITZER PARALLAX of OGLE-2015-BLG-0966: A COLD NEPTUNE in the GALACTIC DISK
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Street, RA, Udalski, A, Novati, SC, Hundertmark, MPG, Zhu, W, Gould, A, Yee, J, Tsapras, Y, Bennett, DP, Jorgensen, UG, Dominik, M, Andersen, MI, Bachelet, E, Bozza, V, Bramich, DM, Burgdorf, MJ, Cassan, A, Ciceri, S, D'Ago, G, Dong, S, Evans, DF, Gu, S-H, Harkonnen, H, Hinse, TC, Horne, K, Jaimes, RF, Kains, N, Kerins, E, Korhonen, H, Kuffmeier, M, Mancini, L, Menzies, J, Mao, S, Peixinho, N, Popovas, A, Rabus, M, Rahvar, S, Ranc, C, Rasmussen, RT, Scarpetta, G, Schmidt, R, Skottfelt, J, Snodgrass, C, Southworth, J, Steele, IA, Surdej, J, Unda-Sanzana, E, Verma, P, Von Essen, C, Wambsganss, J, Wang, Y-B, Wertz, O, Poleski, R, Pawlak, M, Szymanski, MK, Skowron, J, Mroz, P, Kozlowski, S, Wyrzykowski, L, Pietrukowicz, P, Pietrzynski, G, Soszynski, I, Ulaczyk, K, Beichman, C, Bryden, G, Carey, S, Gaudi, BS, Henderson, CB, Pogge, RW, Shvartzvald, Y, Abe, F, Asakura, Y, Bhattacharya, A, Bond, IA, Donachie, M, Freeman, M, Fukui, A, Hirao, Y, Inayama, K, Itow, Y, Koshimoto, N, Li, MCA, Ling, CH, Masuda, K, Matsubara, Y, Muraki, Y, Nagakane, M, Nishioka, T, Ohnishi, K, Oyokawa, H, Rattenbury, N, Saito, T, Sharan, A, Sullivan, DJ, Sumi, T, Suzuki, D, Tristram, J, Wakiyama, Y, Yonehara, A, Han, C, Choi, J-Y, Park, H, Jung, YK, Shin, I-G, Project, R, Consortium, M, Project, OGLE, Team, S, Collaboration, MOA, Team, KM, and University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy
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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,NDAS ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,gravitational lensing: micro ,01 natural sciences ,micro [Gravitational lensing] ,Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica ,Neptune ,Bulge ,Planet ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,0103 physical sciences ,QB Astronomy ,Disc ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,R2C ,QC ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,QB ,Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) ,Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,~DC~ ,Galactic Center ,Astronomy ,QC Physics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Sample integrity ,BDC ,Parallax ,Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
We report the detection of a Cold Neptune m_planet=21+/-2MEarth orbiting a 0.38MSol M dwarf lying 2.5-3.3 kpc toward the Galactic center as part of a campaign combining ground-based and Spitzer observations to measure the Galactic distribution of planets. This is the first time that the complex real-time protocols described by Yee et al. (2015), which aim to maximize planet sensitivity while maintaining sample integrity, have been carried out in practice. Multiple survey and follow-up teams successfully combined their efforts within the framework of these protocols to detect this planet. This is the second planet in the Spitzer Galactic distribution sample. Both are in the near-to-mid disk and clearly not in the Galactic bulge., 28 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, submitted to ApJ
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- 2016