First Space‐Based Microlens Parallax Measurement:SpitzerObservations of OGLE‐2005‐SMC‐001 | Zendy

Subo Dong | Zendy; A. Udalski | Zendy; Andrew Gould | Zendy; W. T. Reach | Zendy; G. W. Christie | Zendy; Andrew F. Boden | Zendy; D. P. Bennett | Zendy; G. G. Fazio | Zendy; K. Griest | Zendy; M. K. Szymański | Zendy; M. Kubiak | Zendy; I. Soszyński | Zendy; G. Pietrzyński | Zendy; O. Szewczyk | Zendy; Ł. Wyrzykowski | Zendy; K. Ulaczyk | Zendy; Tadeusz Więckowski | Zendy; B. Paczyński | Zendy; D. L. DePoy | Zendy; Richard W. Pogge | Zendy; George W. Preston | Zendy; I. B. Thompson | Zendy; B. M. Patten | Zendy

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First Space‐Based Microlens Parallax Measurement:SpitzerObservations of OGLE‐2005‐SMC‐001

Author(s) -

Subo Dong,

A. Udalski,

Andrew Gould,

W. T. Reach,

G. W. Christie,

Andrew F. Boden,

D. P. Bennett,

G. G. Fazio,

K. Griest,

M. K. Szymański,

M. Kubiak,

I. Soszyński,

G. Pietrzyński,

O. Szewczyk,

Ł. Wyrzykowski,

K. Ulaczyk,

Tadeusz Więckowski,

B. Paczyński,

D. L. DePoy,

Richard W. Pogge,

George W. Preston,

I. B. Thompson,

B. M. Patten

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

the astrophysical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376

H-Index - 489

eISSN - 1538-4357

pISSN - 0004-637X

DOI - 10.1086/518536

Subject(s) - parallax , halo , physics , microlens , small magellanic cloud , astrophysics , lens (geology) , population , gravitational microlensing , caustic (mathematics) , interferometry , astronomy , optics , stars , galaxy , demography , sociology , mathematical physics

We combine Spitzer and ground-based observations to measure the microlensparallax of OGLE-2005-SMC-001, the first such space-based determination sinceS. Refsdal proposed the idea in 1966. The parallax measurement yields aprojected velocity \tilde v ~ 230 km/s, the typical value expected for halolenses, but an order of magnitude smaller than would be expected for lenseslying in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) itself. The lens is a weak (i.e.,non-caustic-crossing) binary, which complicates the analysis considerably butultimately contributes additional constraints. Using a test proposed by Assefet al. (2006), which makes use only of kinematic information about differentpopulations but does not make any assumptions about their respective massfunctions, we find that the likelihood ratio is L_halo/L_SMC = 20. Hence, halolenses are strongly favored but SMC lenses are not definitively ruled out.Similar Spitzer observations of additional lenses toward the Magellanic Cloudswould clarify the nature of the lens population. The Space InterferometryMission could make even more constraining measurements.Comment: ApJ, in press. Text and figures are updated to match the journal versio

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