Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-04-29
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 335 (2002) 159
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 13 embedded figures, accepted for publication by MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05607.x
Simulations of planetary microlensing at high magnification that were carried out on a cluster computer are presented. It was found that the perturbations due to two-thirds of all planets occur in the time interval [-0.5t_FWHM, 0.5t_ FWHM] with respect to the peak of the microlensing light curve, where t_FWHM is typically about 14 hours. This implies that only this restricted portion of the light curve need be intensively monitored for planets, a very significant practical advantage. Nearly all planetary detections in high magnification events will not involve caustic crossings. We discuss the issues involved in determining the planetary parameters in high magnification microlensing events. Earth mass planets may be detected with 1-m class telescopes if their projected orbital radii lie within about 1.5 - 2.5 AU. Giant planets are detectable over a much larger region. For multi-planet systems the perturbations due to individual planets can be separated under certain conditions. The size of the source star needs to be determined independently, but the presence of spots on the source star is likely to be negligible, as is the effect of planetary motion during an event.
Bond Ian A.
Rattenbury Nicholas James
Skuljan Jovan
Yock P. C. M.
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