Can Jupiters be found by monitoring Galactic Bulge microlensing events from northern sites?

Details Can Jupiters be found by monitoring Galactic Bulge microlensing events from northern sites? Can Jupiters be found by monitoring Galactic Bulge microlensing events from northern sites?

2001-03-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0103517v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 325 (2001) 1205

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 14 figures, 1 bbl file, based on EXPORT observations, accepted by MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04538.x

In 1998 the EXPORT team monitored microlensing event lightcurves using a CCD camera on the IAC 0.8m telescope on Tenerife to evaluate the prospect of using northern telescopes to find microlens anomalies that reveal planets orbiting the lens stars. The high airmass and more limited time available for observations of Galactic Bulge sources makes a northern site less favourable for microlensing planet searches. However, there are potentially a large number of northern 1m class telescopes that could devote a few hours per night to monitor ongoing microlensing events. Our IAC observations indicate that accuracies sufficient to detect planets can be achieved despite the higher airmass.

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