Multiband photometry of microlensing event Kojima-1

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We report the lens mass and distance measurements of the nearby microlensing event TCPJ05074264+2447555 (Kojima-1). We measure the microlens parallax vector {pi}E using Spitzer and ground-based light curves with constraints on the direction of lens-source relative proper motion derived from Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) GRAVITY observations. Combining this {pi}E determination with the angular Einstein radius {theta}E measured by VLTI-GRAVITY observations, we find that the lens is a star with mass M_L_=0.495{+/-}0.063M{odot} at a distance DL=429{+/-}21pc. We find that the blended light basically all comes from the lens. The lens-source proper motion is {mu}rel,hel=26.55{+/-}0.36mas/yr, so with currently available adaptive-optics instruments, the lens and source can be resolved in 2021. This is the first microlensing event whose lens mass is unambiguously measured by interferometry+satellite-parallax observations, which opens a new window for mass measurements of isolated objects such as stellar-mass black holes.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18970180
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Creator Zang W.; Dong S.; Gould A.; Calchi Novati S.; Chen P.; Yang H.; Li S.-S.,Mao S.; Alton K.B.; Brimacombe J.; Carey S.; Christie G.W.,Delplancke-Strobele F.; Feliz D.L.; Gaudi B.S.; Green J.; Hu S.,Jayasinghe T.; Koff R.A.; Kurtenkov A.; Merand A.; Minev M.; Mutel R.,Natusch T.; Roth T.; Shvartzvald Y.; Sun F.; Vanmunster T.; Zhu W.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2021
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysical Processes; Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics