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OGLE-2017-BLG-1130: The First Binary Gravitational Microlens Detected From Spitzer Only

Authors :
Wang, Tianshu
Novati, S. Calchi
Udalski, A.
Gould, A.
Mao, Shude
Zang, W.
Beichman, C.
Bryden, G.
Carey, S.
Gaudi, B. S.
Henderson, C. B.
Shvartzvald, Y.
Yee, J. C.
Mroz, P.
Poleski, R.
Skowron, J.
Szymanski, M. K.
Soszynski, I.
Kozlowski, S.
Pietrukowicz, P.
Ulaczyk, K.
Pawlak, M.
Albrow, M. D.
Chung, S. -J.
Han, C.
Hwang, K. -H.
Jung, Y. K.
Ryu, Y. -H.
Shin, I. -G.
Zhu, W.
Cha, S. -M.
Kim, D. -J.
Kim, H. -W.
Kim, S. -L.
Lee, C. -U.
Lee, D. -J.
Lee, Y.
Park, B. -G.
Pogge, R. W.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

We analyze the binary gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-1130 (mass ratio q~0.45), the first published case in which the binary anomaly was only detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope. This event provides strong evidence that some binary signals can be missed by observations from the ground alone but detected by Spitzer. We therefore invert the normal procedure, first finding the lens parameters by fitting the space-based data and then measuring the microlensing parallax using ground-based observations. We also show that the normal four-fold space-based degeneracy in the single-lens case can become a weak eight-fold degeneracy in binary-lens events. Although this degeneracy is resolved in event OGLE-2017-BLG-1130, it might persist in other events.<br />Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1802.09023
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aabcd2