Microlensing constraints on the frequency of Jupiter-mass companions: Analysis of 5 years of PLANET photometry

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作者
Gaudi, BS [1 ]
Albrow, MD
An, J
Beaulieu, JP
Caldwell, JAR
DePoy, DL
Dominik, M
Gould, A
Greenhill, J
Hill, K
Kane, S
Martin, R
Menzies, J
Naber, RM
Pel, JW
Pogge, RW
Pollard, KR
Sackett, PD
Sahu, KC
Vermaak, P
Vreeswijk, PM
Watson, R
Williams, A
机构
[1] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[2] Inst Adv Study, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
[3] Univ Canterbury, Dept Phys & Astron, Christchurch 1, New Zealand
[4] Space Telescope Sci Inst, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[5] CNRS, INSU, Inst Astrophys Paris, F-75014 Paris, France
[6] S African Astron Observ, ZA-7935 Cape Town, South Africa
[7] Univ Groningen, Kapteyn Astron Inst, NL-9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands
[8] Univ Tasmania, Dept Phys, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia
[9] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland
[10] Gettysburg Coll, Dept Phys, Perth, WA 6076, Australia
[11] Univ Amsterdam, Astron Inst Anton Pannekoek, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
gravitational lensing; planetary systems; stars; low-mass; brown dwarfs;
D O I
10.1086/337987
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We analyze 5 years of PLANET photometry of microlensing events toward the Galactic bulge to search for the short-duration deviations from single-lens light curves that are indicative of the presence of planetary companions to the primary microlenses. Using strict event-selection criteria, we construct a well-defined sample of 43 intensively monitored events. We search for planetary perturbations in these events over a densely sampled region of parameter space spanning two decades in mass ratio and projected separation, but find no viable planetary candidates. By combining the detection efficiencies of the events, we find that, at 95% confidence, less than 25% of our primary lenses have companions with mass ratio q=10(-2) and separations in the lensing zone, [0.6-1.6]theta(E), where theta(E) is the Einstein ring radius. Using a model of the mass, velocity, and spatial distribution of bulge lenses, we infer that the majority of our lenses are likely M dwarfs in the Galactic bulge. We conclude that less than 33% of M dwarfs in the Galactic bulge have companions with mass m(p)=M-J between 1.5 and 4 AU, and less than 45% have companions with m(p)=3M(J) between 1 and 7 AU, the first significant limits on planetary companions to M dwarfs. We consider the effects of the finite size of the source stars and changing our detection criterion, but find that these do not alter our conclusions substantially.
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