KMT-2026-BLG-0083L: A Two-Jovian-Planet System Orbiting an M Dwarf Discovered by Microlensing
astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA
Submitted: 2026-09-11
Updated: 2026-09-11
Comments: 13 pages, 7 figures
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The gist: We present the analysis of the microlensing event KMT-2026-BLG-0083, which was independently detected by the KMTNet, OGLE, and PRIME surveys and also monitored by the DREAMS survey.
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Abstract
We present the analysis of the microlensing event KMT-2026-BLG-0083, which was independently detected by the KMTNet, OGLE, and PRIME surveys and also monitored by the DREAMS survey. The combined data provide dense coverage of two distinct short-duration anomalies in the light curve that cannot be reproduced by a standard binary-lens model. Independent analyses of the two anomalies indicate that each is produced by a planetary companion to the lens, motivating a triple-lens interpretation. The modeling yields two pairs of degenerate solutions arising from the well-known inner--outer degeneracy, with each pair exhibiting two local solutions depending on whether the source passes above or below the distant planetary companion. The preferred model indicates two giant planets with mass ratios q 2=(5.25 plus or minus 0.08) times 10-3 and q 3=(3.04 plus or minus 0.24) times10-3 orbiting a common host. Bayesian analysis indicates that the host is an M-dwarf star with a mass of 0.48+0.36-0.28 M, hosting two giant planets with masses of 2.65+1.96-1.55 M J and 1.54+1.14-0.90 M J. The projected planet--host separations are 10.6+1.7-2.2 au and 1.7+0.3-0.3 au, placing the inner planet near the host's snow line and the outer planet at a substantially larger separation. Thus, KMT-2026-BLG-0083L becomes the seventh confirmed multiple-planet system discovered through gravitational microlensing, providing another example of a cold giant planetary system orbiting a subsolar-mass star.
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