MOA-2015-BLG-337: A Planetary System with a Low-mass Brown Dwarf/Planetary Boundary Host, or a Brown Dwarf Binary

被引:19
作者
Miyazaki, S. [1 ]
Sumi, T. [1 ]
Bennett, D. P. [2 ,3 ]
Gould, A. [4 ,5 ,6 ]
Udalski, A. [7 ]
Bond, I. A. [8 ]
Koshimoto, N. [1 ]
Nagakane, M. [1 ]
Rattenbury, N. [9 ]
Abe, F. [10 ]
Bhattacharya, A. [2 ,3 ]
Barry, R. [3 ]
Donachie, M. [9 ]
Fukui, A. [11 ]
Hirao, Y. [1 ]
Itow, Y. [12 ]
Kawasaki, K. [1 ]
Li, M. C. A. [9 ]
Ling, C. H. [8 ]
Matsubara, Y. [12 ]
Matsuo, T. [1 ]
Muraki, Y. [12 ]
Ohnishi, K. [13 ]
Ranc, C. [3 ]
Saito, T. [14 ]
Sharan, A. [9 ]
Shibai, H. [1 ]
Suematsu, H. [1 ]
Suzuki, D. [15 ]
Sullivan, D. J. [16 ]
Tristram, P. J. [17 ]
Yamada, T. [1 ]
Yonehara, A. [18 ]
KozLowski, S. [7 ]
Mroz, P. [7 ]
Pawlak, M. [7 ]
Poleski, R. [19 ]
Pietrukowicz, P. [7 ]
Skowron, J. [7 ]
Soszynski, I. [7 ]
Szymanski, M. K. [7 ]
Ulaczyk, K. [7 ]
Albrow, M. D. [20 ]
Chung, S. -J. [4 ,21 ]
Han, C. [22 ]
Jung, Y. K. [4 ]
Hwang, K. -H. [4 ]
Ryu, Y. -H. [23 ]
Shin, I. -G. [24 ]
Shvartzvald, Y. [25 ]
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Earth & Space Sci, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 5600043, Japan
[2] Univ Notre Dame, Dept Phys, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Lab Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophys, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[4] Korea Astron & Space Sci Inst, Daejon 34055, South Korea
[5] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, 140 W 18th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[6] Max Planck Inst Astron, Konigstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[7] Univ Warsaw Observ, Al Ujazdowskie 4, PL-00478 Warsaw, Poland
[8] Massey Univ, Inst Informat & Math Sci, North Shore Mail Ctr, Private Bag 102-904, Auckland, New Zealand
[9] Univ Auckland, Dept Phys, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
[10] Nagoya Univ, Inst Space Earth Environm Res, Nagoya, Aichi 4648601, Japan
[11] Natl Astron Observ, Okayama Astrophys Observ, 3037-5 Honjo, Okayama 7190232, Japan
[12] Nagoya Univ, Inst Space Earth Environm Res, Nagoya, Aichi 4648601, Japan
[13] Nagano Natl Coll Technol, Nagano 3818550, Japan
[14] Tokyo Metropolitan Coll Ind Technol, Tokyo 1168523, Japan
[15] Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 2525210, Japan
[16] Victoria Univ, Sch Chem & Phys Sci, Wellington, New Zealand
[17] Univ Canterbury, Mt John Observ, POB 56, Lake Tekapo 8770, New Zealand
[18] Kyoto Sangyo Univ, Dept Phys, Fac Sci, Kyoto 6038555, Japan
[19] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, 140 W 18th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[20] Univ Canterbury, Dept Phys & Astron, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8020, New Zealand
[21] Korea Univ Sci & Technol, 217 Gajeong Ro, Daejeon 34113, South Korea
[22] Chungbuk Natl Univ, Dept Phys, Cheongju 28644, South Korea
[23] Korea Astron & Space Sci Inst, Daejon 34055, South Korea
[24] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[25] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
[26] Tsinghua Univ, Phys Dept, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[27] Tsinghua Univ, Tsinghua Ctr Astrophys, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[28] Zhejiang Univ, Dept Phys, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[29] Univ Toronto, Canadian Inst Theoret Astrophys, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
[30] Kyung Hee Univ, Sch Space Res, Yongin 17104, Kyeonggi, South Korea
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
brown dwarfs; gravitational lensing: micro; planetary systems; MAGNIFICATION MICROLENSING EVENTS; DIFFERENCE IMAGE-ANALYSIS; GALACTIC BULGE; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; GREAT ESCAPE; GAS GIANTS; SNOW LINE; STARS; PHOTOMETRY; EXOPLANETS;
D O I
10.3847/1538-3881/aad5ee
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report on the discovery and analysis of the short-timescale binary-lens microlensing event, MOA-2015-BLG-337. The lens system could be a planetary system with a very low-mass host, around the brown dwarf (BD)/planetary-mass boundary, or a BD binary. We found two competing models that explain the observed light curves with companion/host mass ratios of q similar to 0.01 and similar to 0.17, respectively. A significant finite source effect in the best-fit planetary model (q similar to 0.01) reveals a small angular Einstein radius of theta(E) similar or equal to 0.03 mas, which favors a low-mass lens. We obtain the posterior probability distribution of the lens properties from a Bayesian analysis. The results for the planetary models strongly depend on a power-law index in planetary-mass regime, alpha(pl), in the assumed mass function. In summary, there are two solutions of the lens system: (1) a BD/planetary-mass boundary object orbited by a super-Neptune (the planetary model with alpha(pl) = 0.49) and (2) a BD binary (the binary model). If the planetary models are correct, this system can be one of a new class of planetary system, having a low host mass and also a planetary-mass ratio (q < 0.03) between the companion and its host. The discovery of the event is important for the study of planetary formation in very low-mass objects. In addition, it is important to consider all viable solutions in these kinds of ambiguous events in order for the future comprehensive statistical analyses of planetary/binary microlensing events.
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