Using SPICA Space Telescope to characterize Exoplanets (2008)
Goicoechea, J. R., Swinyard, B., Tinetti, G., Nakagawa, T., Enya, K., Tamura, M., ...
We present the 3.5m SPICA space telescope, a proposed Japanese-led JAXA-ESA mission scheduled for launch around 2017. The actively cooled ( 18 um). SPICA is one of the few space missions selected to...
Tsapras, Y., Street, R., Horne, K., Snodgrass, C., Dominik, M., Allan, A., ...
RoboNet-II uses a global network of robotic telescopes to perform follow-up observations of microlensing events in the Galactic Bulge. The current network consists of three 2m telescopes located in...
Towards A Census of Earth-mass Exo-planets with Gravitational Microlensing (2008)
Beaulieu, J. P., Kerins, E., Mao, S., Bennett, D., Cassan, A., Dieters, S., ...
Thirteen exo-planets have been discovered using the gravitational microlensing technique (out of which 7 have been published). These planets already demonstrate that super-Earths (with mass up to ~10...
Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Abe, F., Fukui, A., ...
We report the detection of an extrasolar planet of mass ratio q ~ 2 x 10^(-4) in microlensing event MOA-2007-BLG-192. The best fit microlensing model shows both the microlensing parallax and finite...
Marquette, J. B., Tisserand, P., Francois, P., Beaulieu, J. P., Doublier, V., Lesquoy, E., ...
For seven years, the EROS-2 project obtained a mass of photometric data on variable stars. We present a peculiar Cepheid-like star, in the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which demonstrates...
OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the Most Massive M-Dwarf Planetary Companion? (2008)
Dong, Subo, Gould, Andrew, Udalski, Andrzej, Anderson, Jay, Christie, G. W., Gaudi, B. S., ...
We combine all available information to constrain the nature of OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the second planet discovered by microlensing and the first in a high-magnification event. These include...
R Coronae Borealis stars in the Galactic Bulge discovered by EROS-2 (2008)
Tisserand, P., Marquette, J. B., Wood, P. R., Lesquoy, E., Beaulieu, J. P., Milsztajn, A., ...
Rare types of variable star may give unique insight into short-lived stages of stellar evolution. The systematic monitoring of millions of stars and advanced light curve analysis techniques of...
Primary transit of the planet HD189733b at 3.6 and 5.8 microns (2007)
Beaulieu, J. P., Carey, S., Ribas, I., Tinetti, G.
The hot Jupiter HD 189733b was observed during its primary transit using the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope. The transit depths were measured simultaneously at 3.6 and 5.8...
Galactic bulge microlensing optical depth from eros-2 (2007)
Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...
We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...
The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 : a Classical Nova outburst? (2007)
Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J.F., Gould, A., Smith, M.C, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...
The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Experience de Recherche d'Objets...
Tisserand, P., Le Guillou, L., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...
The EROS-2 project was designed to test the hypothesis that massive compact halo objects (the so-called ``machos'') could be a major component of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way galaxy. To this...
The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 : a Classical Nova outburst? (2007)
Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J.F., Gould, A., Smith, M.C, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...
The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Experience de Recherche d'Objets...
Galactic bulge microlensing optical depth from eros-2 (2007)
Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...
We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...
Tisserand, P., Le Guillou, L., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...
The EROS-2 project was designed to test the hypothesis that massive compact halo objects (the so-called ``machos'') could be a major component of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way galaxy. To this...
The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 : a Classical Nova outburst? (2007)
Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J.F., Gould, A., Smith, M.C, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...
The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Experience de Recherche d'Objets...
Galactic bulge microlensing optical depth from eros-2 (2007)
Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...
We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...
Tisserand, P., Le Guillou, L., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...
The EROS-2 project was designed to test the hypothesis that massive compact halo objects (the so-called ``machos'') could be a major component of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way galaxy. To this...
Sasselov, D.D., Beaulieu, J.P., Renault, C., Grison, P., Ferlet, R., Vidal-Madjar, A., ...
This is an investigation of the period-luminosity relation of classical Cepheids in samples of different metallicity. It is based on 481 Cepheids in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds from the...
Beaulieu, J.P., Sasselov, D.D., Renault, C., Grison, P., Ferlet, R., Vidal-Madjar, A., ...
Recent HST determinations of the expansion's rate of the Universe (the Hubble constant, H_0) assumed that the Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation at V and I are independent of metallicity (Freedman,...
Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2007)
Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...
Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...
Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2007)
Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...
Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...
Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2007)
Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...
Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...
EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the small Magellanic cloud (2006)
Tisserand, P., Marquette, J.B., Beaulieu, J.P., De Laverny, P., Lesquoy, E., Milsztajn, A., ...
EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...
EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the small Magellanic cloud (2006)
Tisserand, P., Marquette, J.B., Beaulieu, J.P., De Laverny, P., Lesquoy, E., Milsztajn, A., ...
EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...
EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the small Magellanic cloud (2006)
Tisserand, P., Marquette, J.B., Beaulieu, J.P., De Laverny, P., Lesquoy, E., Milsztajn, A., ...
EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2006)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2006)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2006)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...
Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...
Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute to the...
Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...
Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute to the...
Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...
Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute to the...
Tisserand, P., Guillou, L. Le, Afonso, C., Albert, J. N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...
The EROS-2 project was designed to test the hypothesis that massive compact halo objects (the so-called ``machos'') could be a major component of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way galaxy. To this...
Removing the Microlensing Blending-Parallax Degeneracy Using Source Variability (2006)
Assef, R.J., Gould, A., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...
Microlensing event MACHO 97-SMC-1 is one of the rare microlensing events for which the source is a variable star, simply because most variable stars are systematically eliminated from microlensing...
Small Magellanic Cloud Be stars: colour-magnitude relations and mass-loss (2006)
De Wit, W. J., Marquette, J. B., Beaulieu, J. P.
We present an analysis of optical lightcurves of Small Magellanic Cloud Be-type stars. Observations show that (1) optical excess flux is correlated with near-IR excess flux indicating a similar...
The remarkable light and colour variability of Small Magellanic Cloud Be stars (2006)
De Wit, W. J., Marquette, J. B., Beaulieu, J. P.
(Abridged) Some 240 blue stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud are investigated on their fantastic irregular continuum variability. We report here two results regarding these stars. First, their...
Galactic Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS-2 (2006)
Hamadache, C., Guillou, L. Le, Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J. N., Andersen, J., ...
We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...
The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 : a Classical Nova outburst? (2006)
Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J.F., Gould, A., Smith, M.C, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...
The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Experience de Recherche d'Objets...
Galactic bulge microlensing optical depth from eros-2 (2006)
Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...
We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...
Removing the Microlensing Blending-Parallax Degeneracy Using Source Variability (2006)
Assef, R.J., Gould, A., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...
Microlensing event MACHO 97-SMC-1 is one of the rare microlensing events for which the source is a variable star, simply because most variable stars are systematically eliminated from microlensing...
Galactic Bulge microlensing optical depth from EROS-2 (2006)
Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J. N., Andersen, J., ...
Aims.We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Methods: .Light curves of 5.6× 106 clump-giant stars distributed over 66 deg2 of the Bulge were...
Removing the microlensing blending-parallax degeneracy using source variability (2006)
Assef, R. J., Gould, A., Afonso, C., Albert, J. N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...
Microlensing event MACHO 97-SMC-1 is one of the rare microlensing events for which the source is a variable star, simply because most variable stars are systematically eliminated from microlensing...
The OGLE-II event sc5_2859: A classical nova outburst? (2006)
Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J. F., Gould, A., Smith, M. C., Wagner, R. M., Albert, J. N., ...
Context: .The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Aims: .Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Expérience de...
A Jovian-mass Planet in Microlensing Event OGLE-2005-BLG-071 (2005)
Udalski, A., Jaroszynski, M., Paczynski, B., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Soszynski, I., ...
We report the discovery of a several-Jupiter mass planetary companion to the primary lens star in microlensing event OGLE-2005-BLG-071. Precise (
Full characterization of binary-lens event OGLE-2002-BLG-069 from PLANET observations (2005)
Kubas, D., Cassan, A., Beaulieu, J. P., Coutures, C., Dominik, M., Albrow, M. D., ...
We analyze the photometric data obtained by PLANET and OGLE on the caustic-crossing binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2002-BLG-069. Thanks to the excellent photometric and spectroscopic coverage of...
EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2005)
Tisserand, P., Marquette, J. B., Beaulieu, J. P., De Laverny, P., Fouque, P.
EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d\'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...
Cassan, A., Beaulieu, J. P., Brillant, S., Coutures, C., Dominik, M., Donatowicz, J., ...
We discuss high-resolution, time-resolved spectra of the caustic exit of the binary microlensing event OGLE 2002-BUL-69 obtained with UVES on the VLT. The source star is a G5III giant in the Galactic...
Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2005)
Afonso, C., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...
We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...
Beaulieu, J. P., De Wit, W. J., Marquette, J. B., Coutures, C., Leisy, P., ...
Using data from the EROS2 microlensing survey, we report the discovery of two blue objects with irregular photometric behaviour of $\\Delta V \\sim 0.1$-0.4 mag on time scales of 20 to 200 days. They...
A Jovian-mass Planet in Microlensing Event OGLE-2005-BLG-071 (2005)
Udalski, A., Jaroszynski, M., Paczynski, B., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Soszynski, I., ...
We report the discovery of a several-Jupiter mass planetary companion to the primary lens star in microlensing event OGLE-2005-BLG-071. Precise (
Full characterization of binary-lens event OGLE-2002-BLG-069 from PLANET observations (2005)
Kubas, D., Cassan, A., Beaulieu, J. P., Coutures, C., Dominik, M., Albrow, M. D., ...
We analyze the photometric data obtained by PLANET and OGLE on the caustic-crossing binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2002-BLG-069. Thanks to the excellent photometric and spectroscopic coverage of...
A Jovian-mass Planet in Microlensing Event OGLE-2005-BLG-071 (2005)
Udalski, A., Jaroszynski, M., Paczynski, B., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Soszynski, I., ...
We report the discovery of a several-Jupiter mass planetary companion to the primary lens star in microlensing event OGLE-2005-BLG-071. Precise (
Full characterization of binary-lens event OGLE-2002-BLG-069 from PLANET observations (2005)
Kubas, D., Cassan, A., Beaulieu, J. P., Coutures, C., Dominik, M., Albrow, M. D., ...
We analyze the photometric data obtained by PLANET and OGLE on the caustic-crossing binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2002-BLG-069. Thanks to the excellent photometric and spectroscopic coverage of...
A Jovian-mass Planet in Microlensing Event OGLE-2005-BLG-071 (2005)
Udalski, A., Jaroszynski, M., Paczynski, B., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Soszynski, I., ...
We report the discovery of a several-Jupiter mass planetary companion to the primary lens star in microlensing event OGLE-2005-BLG-071. Precise (
Full characterization of binary-lens event OGLE-2002-BLG-069 from PLANET observations (2005)
Kubas, D., Cassan, A., Beaulieu, J. P., Coutures, C., Dominik, M., Albrow, M. D., ...
We analyze the photometric data obtained by PLANET and OGLE on the caustic-crossing binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2002-BLG-069. Thanks to the excellent photometric and spectroscopic coverage of...
Full characterization of binary-lens event OGLE-2002-BLG-069 from PLANET observations (2005)
Kubas, D., Cassan, A., Beaulieu, J. P., Coutures, C., Dominik, M., Albrow, M. D., ...
We analyze the photometric data obtained by PLANET and OGLE on the caustic- crossing binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2002-BLG-069. Thanks to the excellent photometric and spectroscopic coverage...
Discovery of the Near-IR Afterglow and of the Host of GRB 030528 (2004)
Rau, A., Greiner, J., Klose, S., Salvato, M., Cerón, J. M. Castro, Hartmann, D. H., ...
The rapid dissemination of an arcmin-sized HETE-2 localization of the long-duration X-ray flash GRB 030528 led to a ground-based multi-observatory follow-up campaign. We report the discovery of the...
EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2004)
Tisserand, P., Marquette, J. B., Beaulieu, J. P., De Laverny, P.
EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...