Abstract
Spitzer microlensing parallax observations of OGLE-2015-BLG-1212 decisively break a degeneracy between planetary and binary solutions that is somewhat ambiguous when only ground-based data are considered. Only eight viable models survive out of an initial set of 32 local minima in the parameter space. These models clearly indicate that the lens is a stellar binary system possibly located within the bulge of our Galaxy, ruling out the planetary alternative. We argue that several types of discrete degeneracies can be broken via such space-based parallax observations.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 79 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
Volume | 820 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 20 Mar 2016 |
Keywords
- Galaxy: bulge
- binaries: general
- gravitational lensing: micro
- planets and satellites: detection
- space vehicles