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2021AJ....162...15K - Astron. J., 162, 15-15 (2021/July-0)

KMT-2019-BLG-2073: fourth free-floating planet candidate with θE < 10 µas.

KIM H.-W., HWANG K.-H., GOULD A., YEE J.C., RYU Y.-H., ALBROW M.D., CHUNG S.-J., HAN C., JUNG Y.K., LEE C.-U., SHIN I.-G., SHVARTZVALD Y., ZANG W., CHA S.-M., KIM D.-J., KIM S.-L., LEE D.-J., LEE Y., PARK B.-G. and POGGE R.W.

Abstract (from CDS):

We analyze the very short Einstein timescale (tE ≃ 7 hr) event KMT-2019-BLG-2073. Making use of the pronounced finite-source effects generated by the clump giant source, we measure the Einstein radius θE ≃ 4.8 µas and so infer a mass M=59M⊕(πrel/16µas)–1, where πrel is the lens-source relative parallax. We find no significant evidence for a host of this planetary-mass object, though one could be present at sufficiently wide separation. If so, it would be detectable after about 10 yr. This is the fourth isolated microlens with a measured Einstein radius θE < 10 µas, which we argue is a useful threshold for a "likely free-floating planet (FFP)" candidate. We outline a new approach to constructing a homogeneous sample of giant-star finite-source/point-lens (FSPL) events, within which the subsample of FFP candidates can be statistically analyzed. We illustrate this approach using 2019 KMTNet data and show that there appears to be a large θE gap between the two FFP candidates and the 11 other FSPL events. We argue that such sharp features are more identifiable in a sample selected on θE compared to the traditional approach of identifying candidates based on short tE.

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Journal keyword(s): Gravitational microlensing exoplanet detection

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