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Title: Predictions for microlensing planetary events from core accretion theory

Abstract

We conduct the first microlensing simulation in the context of a planet formation model. The planet population is taken from the Ida and Lin core accretion model for 0.3 M {sub ☉} stars. With 6690 microlensing events, we find that for a simplified Korea Microlensing Telescopes Network (KMTNet), the fraction of planetary events is 2.9%, out of which 5.5% show multiple-planet signatures. The numbers of super-Earths, super-Neptunes, and super-Jupiters detected are expected to be almost equal. Our simulation shows that high-magnification events and massive planets are favored by planet detections, which is consistent with previous expectation. However, we notice that extremely high-magnification events are less sensitive to planets, which is possibly because the 10 minute sampling of KMTNet is not intensive enough to capture the subtle anomalies that occur near the peak. This suggests that while KMTNet observations can be systematically analyzed without reference to any follow-up data, follow-up observations will be essential in extracting the full science potential of very high magnification events. The uniformly high-cadence observations expected for KMTNet also result in ∼55% of all detected planets not being caustic crossing, and more low-mass planets even down to Mars mass being detected via planetary caustics. We also findmore » that the distributions of orbital inclinations and planet mass ratios in multiple-planet events agree with the intrinsic distributions.« less

Authors:
;  [1]; ;  [2];  [3]
  1. National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100012 (China)
  2. Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 (United States)
  3. Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Manchester M13 9PL (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22356661
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 788; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; CAPTURE; DETECTION; DISTRIBUTION; FORECASTING; GRAVITATIONAL LENSES; INCLINATION; JUPITER PLANET; MARS PLANET; MASS; NEPTUNE PLANET; SIMULATION; STARS; TELESCOPES

Citation Formats

Zhu, Wei, Mao, Shude, Penny, Matthew, Gould, Andrew, and Gendron, Rieul. Predictions for microlensing planetary events from core accretion theory. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/73.
Zhu, Wei, Mao, Shude, Penny, Matthew, Gould, Andrew, & Gendron, Rieul. Predictions for microlensing planetary events from core accretion theory. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/73
Zhu, Wei, Mao, Shude, Penny, Matthew, Gould, Andrew, and Gendron, Rieul. 2014. "Predictions for microlensing planetary events from core accretion theory". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/73.
@article{osti_22356661,
title = {Predictions for microlensing planetary events from core accretion theory},
author = {Zhu, Wei and Mao, Shude and Penny, Matthew and Gould, Andrew and Gendron, Rieul},
abstractNote = {We conduct the first microlensing simulation in the context of a planet formation model. The planet population is taken from the Ida and Lin core accretion model for 0.3 M {sub ☉} stars. With 6690 microlensing events, we find that for a simplified Korea Microlensing Telescopes Network (KMTNet), the fraction of planetary events is 2.9%, out of which 5.5% show multiple-planet signatures. The numbers of super-Earths, super-Neptunes, and super-Jupiters detected are expected to be almost equal. Our simulation shows that high-magnification events and massive planets are favored by planet detections, which is consistent with previous expectation. However, we notice that extremely high-magnification events are less sensitive to planets, which is possibly because the 10 minute sampling of KMTNet is not intensive enough to capture the subtle anomalies that occur near the peak. This suggests that while KMTNet observations can be systematically analyzed without reference to any follow-up data, follow-up observations will be essential in extracting the full science potential of very high magnification events. The uniformly high-cadence observations expected for KMTNet also result in ∼55% of all detected planets not being caustic crossing, and more low-mass planets even down to Mars mass being detected via planetary caustics. We also find that the distributions of orbital inclinations and planet mass ratios in multiple-planet events agree with the intrinsic distributions.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/73},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22356661}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 1,
volume = 788,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}