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MOA-2010-BLG-311: A planetary candidate below the threshold of reliable detection

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Yee, J.
Hung, L.
Bond, I.
Allen, W.
Monard, L.
Albrow, M.
Fouque, P.
Dominik, M.
Tsapras, Y.
Udalski, A.
Gould, A.
Zellem, R.
Bos, M.
Christie, G.
DePoy, D.
Dong, S.
Drummond, J.
Gaudi, B.
Gorbikov, E.
Han, C.
Kaspi, S.
Klein, N.
Lee, C.
Maoz, D.
McCormick, J.
Moorhouse, D.
Natusch, T.
Nola, M.
Park, B.
Pogge, R.
Polishook, D.
Shporer, A.
Shvartzvald, Y.
Skowron, J.
Thornley, G.
Abe, F.
Bennett, D.
Botzler, C.
Chote, P.
Freeman, M.
Fukui, A.
Furusawa, K.
Harris, P.
Itow, Y.
Ling, C.
Masuda, K.
Matsubara, Y.
Miyake, N.
Ohnishi, K.
Rattenbury, N.
Saito, T.
Sullivan, D.
Sumi, T.
Suzuki, D.
Sweatman, W.
Tristram, P.
Wada, K.
Yock, P.
Szymanski, M.
Soszynski, I.
Kubiak, M.
Poleski, R.
Ulaczyk, K.
Pietrzynski, G.
Wyrzykowski, L.
Bachelet, E.
Batista, V.
Beatty, T.
Beaulieu, J.
Bennett, C.
Bowens-Rubin, R.
Brillant, S.
Caldwell, J.
Cassan, A.
Cole, A.
Corrales, E.
Coutures, C.
Dieters, S.
Dominis Prester, D.
Donatowicz, J.
Greenhill, J.
Henderson, C.
Kubas, D.
Marquette, J.
Martin, R.
Menzies, J.
Shappee, B.
Williams, Andrew
Wouters, D.
van Saders, J.
Zub, M.
Street, R.
Horne, K.
Bramich, D.
Steele, I.
Alsubai, K.
Bozza, V.
Browne, P.
Burgdorf, M.
Calchi Novati, S.
Dodds, P.
Finet, F.
Gerner, T.
Hardis, S.
Harpsoe, K.
Hessman, F.
Hinse, T.
Hundertmark, M.
Jorgensen, U.
Kains, N.
Kerins, E.
Liebig, C.
Mancini, L.
Mathiasen, M.
Penny, M.
Proft, S.
Rahvar, S.
Ricci, D.
Sahu, K.
Scarpetta, G.
Schafer, S.
Schonebeck, F.
Snodgrass, C.
Southworth, J.
Surdej, J.
Wambsganss, J.
Date
2013
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Yee, J. and Hung, L. and Bond, I. and Allen, W. and Monard, L. and Albrow, M. and Fouque, P. et al. 2013. MOA-2010-BLG-311: A planetary candidate below the threshold of reliable detection. The Astrophysical Journal. 769.
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We analyze MOA-2010-BLG-311, a high magnification (Amax > 600) microlensing event with complete data coverage over the peak, making it very sensitive to planetary signals. We fit this event with both a point lens and a two-body lens model and find that the two-body lens model is a better fit but with only ??2 ~ 80. The preferred mass ratio between the lens star and its companion is q = 10-3.7±0.1, placing the candidate companion in the planetary regime. Despite the formal significance of the planet, we show that because of systematics in the data the evidence for a planetary companion to the lens is too tenuous to claim a secure detection. When combined with analyses of other high-magnification events, this event helps empirically define the threshold for reliable planet detection in high-magnification events, which remains an open question.