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Campaign 9 of the K2 mission: Observational parameters, scientific drivers, and community involvement for a simultaneous space- and ground-based microlensing survey
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posted on 2023-05-18, 23:58 authored by Henderson, CB, Poleski, R, Penny, M, Street, RA, Bennett, DP, Hogg, DW, Scott Gaudi, B, Zhu, W, Barclay, T, Barentsen, G, Howell, SB, Mullally, F, Udalski, A, Szymanski, MK, Skowron, J, Mroz, P, Kozlowski, S, Wyrzykowski, L, Pietrukowicz, P, Soszynski, I, Ulaczyk, K, Pawlak, M, Sumi, T, Abe, F, Asakura, Y, Barry, RK, Bhattacharya, A, Bond, IA, Donachie, M, Freeman, M, Fukui, A, Hirao, Y, Itow, Y, Koshimoto, N, Li, MCA, Ling, CH, Masuda, K, Matsubara, Y, Muraki, Y, Nagakane, M, Ohnishi, K, Oyokawa, H, Rattenbury, N, Saito, T, Sharan, A, Sullivan, DJ, Tristram, PJ, Yonehara, A, Bachelet, E, Bramich, DM, Cassan, A, Dominik, M, Figuera Jaimes, R, Horne, K, Hundertmark, M, Mao, S, Ranc, C, Schmidt, R, Snodgrass, C, Steele, IA, Tsapras, Y, Wambsganss, J, Bozza, V, Burgdorf, MJ, Jorgensen, UG, Calchi Novati, S, Ciceri, S, D'Ago, G, Evans, DF, Hessman, FV, Hinse, TC, Husser, T-O, Mancini, L, Popovas, A, Rabus, M, Rahvar, S, Scarpetta, G, Skottfelt, J, Southworth, J, Unda-Sanzana, E, Bryson, ST, Caldwell, DA, Haas, MR, Larson, K, McCalmont, K, Packard, M, Peterson, C, Putnam, D, Reedy, L, Ross, S, Van Cleve, JE, Akeson, R, Batista, V, Beaulieu, J-P, Beichman, CA, Bryden, G, Ciardi, D, Andrew ColeAndrew Cole, Coutures, C, Foreman-Mackey, D, Fouque, P, Friedmann, M, Gelino, C, Kaspi, S, Kerins, E, Korhonen, H, Lang, D, Lee, C-H, Lineweaver, CH, Maoz, D, Marquette, JB, Mogavero, F, Morales, JC, Nataf, D, Pogge, RW, Santerne, A, Shvartzvald, Y, Suzuki, D, Tamura, M, Tisserand, P, Wang, DK2ʼs Campaign 9 (K2C9) will conduct a ∼3.7 deg2 survey toward the Galactic bulge from 2016 April 22 through July 2 that will leverage the spatial separation between K2 and the Earth to facilitate measurement of the microlens parallax πE for ≳170 microlensing events. These will include several that are planetary in nature as well as many short-timescale microlensing events, which are potentially indicative of free-floating planets (FFPs). These satellite parallax measurements will in turn allow for the direct measurement of the masses of and distances to the lensing systems. In this article we provide an overview of the K2C9 space- and ground-based microlensing survey. Specifically, we detail the demographic questions that can be addressed by this program, including the frequency of FFPs and the Galactic distribution of exoplanets, the observational parameters of K2C9, and the array of resources dedicated to concurrent observations. Finally, we outline the avenues through which the larger community can become involved, and generally encourage participation in K2C9, which constitutes an important pathfinding mission and community exercise in anticipation of WFIRST.
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Publication title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the PacificVolume
128Issue
970Article number
124401Number
124401Pagination
1-22ISSN
0004-6280Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Univ Chicago PressPlace of publication
1427 E 60Th St, Chicago, USA, Il, 60637-2954Rights statement
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