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Title: OGLE-2019-BLG-0825: Constraints on the Source System and Effect on Binary-lens Parameters Arising from a Five-day Xallarap Effect in a Candidate Planetary Microlensing Event
Abstract We present an analysis of microlensing event OGLE-2019-BLG-0825. This event was identified as a planetary candidate by preliminary modeling. We find that significant residuals from the best-fit static binary-lens model exist and a xallarap effect can fit the residuals very well and significantly improvesχ2values. On the other hand, by including the xallarap effect in our models, we find that binary-lens parameters such as mass ratio,q, and separation,s, cannot be constrained well. However, we also find that the parameters for the source system such as the orbital period and semimajor axis are consistent between all the models we analyzed. We therefore constrain the properties of the source system better than the properties of the lens system. The source system comprises a G-type main-sequence star orbited by a brown dwarf with a period ofP∼ 5 days. This analysis is the first to demonstrate that the xallarap effect does affect binary-lens parameters in planetary events. It would not be common for the presence or absence of the xallarap effect to affect lens parameters in events with long orbital periods of the source system or events with transits to caustics, but in other cases, such as this event, the xallarap effect can affect binary-lens parameters.  more » « less
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2108414
PAR ID:
10541613
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IOP
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Journal Name:
The Astronomical Journal
Volume:
166
Issue:
3
ISSN:
0004-6256
Page Range / eLocation ID:
116
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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