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MagAO Observations of the binary microlens OGLE-2014-BLG-1050 prefer the higher-mass solution

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posted on 2023-05-21, 11:53 authored by Xie, X, Dong, S, Zhu, W, Gould, A, Udalski, A, Jean-Philippe BeaulieuJean-Philippe Beaulieu, Close, LM, Males, JR, Marquette, JB, Morzinski, KM, Pogge, RW, Yee, JC

We report adaptive optics (AO) follow-up imaging of OGLE-2014-BLG-1050, which is the second binary microlensing event with space-based parallax measurements. The degeneracy in microlens parallax πE led to two sets of solutions, either a ∼ (0.9, 0.35)M binary at ∼3.5 kpc or a ∼(0.2, 0.07)M binary at ∼1.1 kpc. We measure the flux blended with the microlensed source by conducting Magellan AO observations, and find that the blending is consistent with the predicted lens flux from the higher-mass solution. From the combination of the AO flux measurement together with previous lensing constraints, it is estimated that the lens system consists of a 1.05+0.08-0.07 M primary and a 0.38 +0.07-0.06M secondary at 3.43 +0.19-0.21 kpc.

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Astronomical Journal

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161

Article number

113

Number

113

Pagination

1-4

ISSN

0004-6256

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School of Natural Sciences

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Univ Chicago Press

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1427 E 60Th St, Chicago, USA, Il, 60637-2954

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