Microlensing brown-dwarf companions in binaries detected during the 2022 and 2023 seasons
Aims. Building on previous works to construct a homogeneous sample of brown dwarfs in binary systems, we investigate microlensing events detected by the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) survey during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Methods. Given the difficulty in distinguishing brown-dwarf events from those produced by binary lenses with nearly equal-mass components, we analyze all lensing events detected during the seasons that exhibit anomalies characteristic of binary-lens systems. Results. Using the same criteria consistently applied in previous studies, we identify six additional brown dwarf candidates through the analysis of lensing events KMT-2022-BLG-0412, KMT-2022-BLG-2286, KMT-2023-BLG-0201, KMT-2023-BLG-0601, KMT-2023-BLG-1684, and KMT-2023-BLG-1743. An examination of the mass posteriors shows that the median mass of the lens companions ranges from 0.02 M⊙ to 0.05 M⊙, indicating that these companions fall within the brown-dwarf mass range. The mass of the primary lenses ranges from 0.11 M⊙ to 0.68 M⊙, indicating that they are low-mass stars with substantially lower masses compared to the Sun.
Publication Details
- Journal
- Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
- Published
- 2024-11-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451416/pdf
- Primary Topic
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Smithsonian Institution
- National Research Foundation
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea
- Korea Research Environment Open Network
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science