Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-09-21
Astrophys.J.652:L97-L100,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/510293
We report on the identification of the lens responsible for microlensing event MACHO-LMC-20. As part of a \textit{Spitzer}/IRAC program conducting mid-infrared follow-up of the MACHO Large Magellanic Cloud microlensing fields, we discovered a significant flux excess at the position of the source star for this event. These data, in combination with high resolution near-infrared \textit{Magellan}/PANIC data has allowed us to classify the lens as an early M dwarf in the thick disk of the Milky Way, at a distance of $\sim 2$ kpc. This is only the second microlens to have been identified, the first also being a M dwarf star in the disk. Together, these two events are still consistent with the expected frequency of nearby stars in the Milky Way thin and thick disks acting as lenses.
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Alcock Charles
CfA
Fazio Giovanni G.
JPL
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