Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-01-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
32 pages, 20 figures, In Press, ApJ, Latex format with aas2pp4 format
Scientific paper
10.1086/320562
The probability of detecting a planetary companion of a lensing star during a microlensing event toward the Galactic center, averaged over all relevant event and galactic parameters, when the planet-star mass ratio $q=0.001$ has a maximum exceeding 10% at an orbit semimajor axis $a$ near 1.5 AU for a uniform distribution of impact parameters. The maximum probability is raised to more than 20% for a distribution of source-lens impact parameters that is determined by the efficiency of event detection. The averaging procedures are carefully defined, and they determinine the dependence of the detection probabilities on several properties of the Galaxy. The probabilities scale approximately as $\sqrt{q}$. A planet is assumed detectable if the perturbation of the single lens light curve exceeds $2/(S/N)$ for at least 20 consecutive photometric points sometime during the event. Two meter telescopes with 60 second integrations in I-band with high time resolution photometry throughout the duration of an ongoing event are assumed. The probabilities are derived as a function of $a$, where they remain significant for $0.6
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