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MASS MEASUREMENTS OF ISOLATED OBJECTS FROM SPACE-BASED MICROLENSING.

Authors :
Wei Zhu (祝伟)
S. Calchi Novati
A. Gould
A. Udalski
C. Han
Y. Shvartzvald
C. Ranc
U. G. Jørgensen
R. Poleski
V. Bozza
C. Beichman
G. Bryden
S. Carey
B. S. Gaudi
C. B. Henderson
R. W. Pogge
I. Porritt
B. Wibking
J. C. Yee
TEAM, SPITZER
Source :
Astrophysical Journal. 7/1/2016, Vol. 825 Issue 1, p1-1. 1p.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

We report on the mass and distance measurements of two single-lens events from the 2015 Spitzer microlensing campaign. With both finite-source effect and microlens parallax measurements, we find that the lens of OGLE-2015-BLG-1268 is very likely a brown dwarf (BD). Assuming that the source star lies behind the same amount of dust as the Bulge red clump, we find the lens is a 45 ± 7 BD at 5.9 ± 1.0 kpc. The lens of of the second event, OGLE-2015-BLG-0763, is a 0.50 ± 0.04 star at 6.9 ± 1.0 kpc. We show that the probability to definitively measure the mass of isolated microlenses is dramatically increased once simultaneous ground- and space-based observations are conducted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0004637X
Volume :
825
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Astrophysical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
116661041
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/825/1/60