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地基微透镜测量

Ground-based Microlensing Surveys

Andrew Gould, B. Scott Gaudi, David P. Bennett

摘要:

微透镜是一种经过验证的太阳系外行星搜索方法,已经发现了四颗系外行星。这些探测改变了我们对行星形成"超越雪线"的理解,证明了海王星质量的行星与几个AU的分离是常见的。微透镜对其他方法通常无法获得的行星敏感,特别是在雪线或雪线以外的冷行星,非常低质量的行星(即类地行星),绕低质量恒星运行的行星,自由浮动的行星,甚至是外部星系中的行星。这样的行星可以对行星形成的模型提供关键的限制,因此下一代太阳系外行星搜索应该包括一个积极的和资金充足的微透镜组件。当与其他补充调查的结果相结合时,下一代微透镜调查可以对行星,特别是低质量类地行星的频率和性质进行准确和完整的普查。

英文摘要:

Microlensing is a proven extrasolar planet search method that has already yielded the detection of four exoplanets. These detections have changed our understanding of planet formation ``beyond the snowline'' by demonstrating that Neptune-mass planets with separations of several AU are common. Microlensing is sensitive to planets that are generally inaccessible to other methods, in particular cool planets at or beyond the snowline, very low-mass (i.e. terrestrial) planets, planets orbiting low-mass stars, free-floating planets, and even planets in external galaxies. Such planets can provide critical constraints on models of planet formation, and therefore the next generation of extrasolar planet searches should include an aggressive and well-funded microlensing component. When combined with the results from other complementary surveys, next generation microlensing surveys can yield an accurate and complete census of the frequency and properties of planets, and in particular low-mass terrestrial planets.

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