M. K. Szymanski

Publication List Details

Period

2004 - 2009

Number

55

Co-Authors

Masses and Orbital Constraints for the OGLE-2006-BLG-109Lb,c Jupiter/Saturn Analog Planetary System (2009)

Bennett, D. P., Rhie, S. H., Nikolaev, S., Gaudi, B. S., Udalski, A., Gould, A., ...

We present a new analysis of the Jupiter+Saturn analog system, OGLE-2006-BLG-109Lb,c, which was the first double planet system discovered with the gravitational microlensing method. This is the only...

Pushing the Boundaries of Conventional Core-Collapse Supernovae: The Extremely Energetic Supernova SN 2003ma (2009)

Rest, A., Foley, R. J., Gezari, S., Narayan, G., Draine, B., Olsen, K., ...

We report the discovery of a supernova (SN) with the highest apparent energy output to date and conclude that it represents an extreme example of the Type IIn subclass. The SN, which was discovered...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. IV. Long-Period Variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2009)

Soszynski, I., Udalski, A., Szymanski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzynski, G., Wyrzykowski, L., ...

The fourth part of the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars presents 91 995 long-period variables (LPVs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This sample consists of 79 200 OGLE Small Amplitude Red...

Quantifying Quasar Variability As Part of a General Approach To Classifying Continuously Varying Sources (2009)

Kozlowski, Szymon, Kochanek, Christopher S., Udalski, A., Wyrzykowski, L., Soszynski, I., Szymanski, M. K., ...

Robust fast methods to classify variable light curves in large sky surveys are becoming increasingly important. While it is relatively straightforward to identify common periodic stars and particular...

The OGLE View of Microlensing towards the Magellanic Clouds. I. A Trickle of Events in the OGLE-II LMC data (2009)

Wyrzykowski, L., Kozlowski, S., Skowron, J., Belokurov, V., Smith, M. C., Udalski, A., ...

We present the results from the OGLE-II survey (1996-2000) towards the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which has the aim of detecting the microlensing phenomena caused by dark matter compact objects in...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. III. RR Lyrae Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2009)

Soszynski, I., Udalski, A., Szymanski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzynski, G., Wyrzykowski, L., ...

The third part of the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars comprises 24906 RR Lyr stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This sample consists of 17693 fundamental-mode (RRab), 4958 first-overtone...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-III Photometric Maps of the Small Magellanic Cloud (2009)

Udalski, A., Soszynski, I., Szymanski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzynski, G., Wyrzykowski, L., ...

We present OGLE-III Photometric Maps of the Small Magellanic Cloud. They contain precise, calibrated VI photometry of about 6.2 million stars from 41 OGLE-III fields in the SMC observed regularly in...

A systematic fitting scheme for caustic-crossing microlensing events (2009)

Kains, N., Cassan, A., Horne, K., Albrow, M. D., Dieters, S., Fouque, P., ...

We outline a method for fitting binary-lens caustic-crossing microlensing events based on the alternative model parameterisation proposed and detailed in Cassan (2008). As an illustration of our...

OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the Most Massive M Dwarf Planetary Companion? (2009)

Christie, G.W., Gaudi, B.S., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M.K., Pietrzynski, G., Soszynski, I., ...

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...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. II. Type II Cepheids and Anomalous Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2008)

Soszynski, I., Udalski, A., Szymanski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzynski, G., Wyrzykowski, L., ...

In the second part of the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars (OIII-CVS) we present 197 type II Cepheids and 83 anomalous Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The sample of type II Cepheids...

Microlensing Event MOA-2007-BLG-400: Exhuming the Buried Signature of a Cool, Jovian-Mass Planet (2008)

Dong, Subo, Bond, I. A., Gould, A., Kozlowski, Szymon, Miyake, N., Gaudi, B. S., ...

We report the detection of the cool, Jovian-mass planet MOA-2007-BLG-400Lb. The planet was detected in a high-magnification microlensing event (with peak magnification A_max = 628) in which the...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. I. Classical Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2008)

Soszynski, I., Poleski, R., Udalski, A., Szymanski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzynski, G., ...

We present the first part of a new catalog of variable stars (OIII-CVS) compiled from the data collected in the course of the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-III)....

A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the OGLE survey - OGLE-TR-182 (2008)

Pont, F, Tamuz, O, Udalski, A, Mazeh, T, Bouchy, F, Melo, C, ...

By re-processing the data of the second season of the OGLE survey for planetary transits and adding new mesurements on the same fields gathered in subsequent years with the OGLE telescope, we have...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Triple-Mode and 1O/3O Double-Mode Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2008)

Soszynski, I., Poleski, R., Udalski, A., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G., ...

We report the discovery of three new triple-mode classical Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud, two of them with the fundamental, first overtone and second overtone excited, and one pulsating...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Final Reductions of the OGLE-III Data (2008)

Udalski, A., Szymanski, M. K., Soszynski, I., Poleski, R.

We describe methods applied to the final photometric reductions and calibrations to the standard system of the images collected during the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-III Photometric Maps of the Large Magellanic Cloud (2008)

Udalski, A., Soszynski, I., Szymanski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzynski, G., Wyrzykowski, L., ...

We present the OGLE-III Photometric Maps of the Large Magellanic Cloud. They cover about 40 square degrees of the LMC and contain mean, calibrated VI photometry and astrometry of about 35 million...

A Low-Mass Planet with a Possible Sub-Stellar-Mass Host in Microlensing Event MOA-2007-BLG-192 (2008)

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...

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...

OGLE-TR-211 - a new transiting inflated hot Jupiter from the OGLE survey and ESO LP666 spectroscopic follow-up program (2008)

Udalski, A, Pont, F, Naef, D, Melo, C, Bouchy, F, Santos, N C, ...

We present results of the photometric campaign for planetary and low-luminosity object transits conducted by the OGLE survey in the 2005 season (Campaign #5). About twenty of the most promising...

Binary Lenses in OGLE III EWS Database. Season 2005 (2008)

Skowron, J., Jaroszynski, M., Udalski, A., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G., ...

We present nine new binary lens candidates from OGLE-III Early Warning System database for the season of 2005. We have also found four events interpreted as single mass lensing of double sources. The...

Discovery of a Jupiter/Saturn Analog with Gravitational Microlensing (2008)

Gaudi, B. S., Bennett, D. P., Udalski, A., Gould, A., Christie, G. W., Maoz, D., ...

Searches for extrasolar planets have uncovered an astonishing diversity of planetary systems, yet the frequency of solar system analogs remains unknown. The gravitational microlensing planet search...

OGLE-TR-211 - a new transiting inflated hot Jupiter from the OGLE survey and ESO LP666 spectroscopic follow-up program (2007)

Udalski, A., Pont, F., Naef, D., Melo, C., Bouchy, F., Santos, N. C., ...

We present results of the photometric campaign for planetary and low-luminosity object transits conducted by the OGLE survey in 2005 season (Campaign #5). About twenty most promising candidates...

A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the OGLE survey - OGLE-TR-182 (2007)

Pont, F., Tamuz, O., Udalski, A., Mazeh, T., Bouchy, F., Melo, C., ...

By re-processing the data of the second season of the OGLE survey for planetary transits and adding new mesurements on the same fields gathered in subsequent years with the OGLE telescope, we have...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Period-Luminosity Relations of Variable Red Giant Stars (2007)

Soszynski, I., Dziembowski, W. A., Udalski, A., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G., ...

Period-luminosity (PL) relations of variable red giants in the Large (LMC) and Small Magellanic Clouds (SMC) are presented. The PL diagrams are plotted in three planes: logP-K_S, logP-W_{JK}, and...

First Space-Based Microlens Parallax Measurement: Spitzer Observations of OGLE-2005-SMC-001 (2007)

Dong, Subo, Udalski, A., Gould, A., Reach, W. T., Christie, G. W., Boden, A. F., ...

We combine Spitzer and ground-based observations to measure the microlens parallax of OGLE-2005-SMC-001, the first such space-based determination since S. Refsdal proposed the idea in 1966. The...

Binary Lenses in OGLE-III EWS Database. Season 2004 (2007)

Jaroszynski, M., Skowron, J., Udalski, A., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G., ...

We present 19 binary lens candidates from OGLE-III Early Warning System database for the season of 2004. We have also found five events interpreted as single mass lensing of double sources. The...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-III Long Term Monitoring of the Gravitational Lens QSO 2237+0305 (2007)

Udalski, A., Szymanski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzynski, G., Soszynski, I., Zebrun, K., ...

We present results of the long term monitoring of the gravitational lens QSO 2237+0305 conducted during the OGLE survey. Light curves of all four components of the lens obtained during the second...

OGLE 2004-BLG-254: a K3 III Galactic Bulge Giant spatially resolved by a single microlens (2006)

Cassan, A., Fouque, P., Brillant, S., Dominik, M., Greenhill, J., ...

We present an analysis of OGLE 2004-BLG-254, a high-magnification and relatively short duration microlensing event in which the source star, a Bulge K3-giant, has been spatially resolved by a...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Variable Baseline Microlensing Events in the Galactic Bulge (2006)

Wyrzykowski, L., Udalski, A., Mao, S., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G., ...

We present the first systematic search for microlensing events with variability in their baselines using data from the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-III). A total...

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...

Microlens OGLE-2005-BLG-169 Implies Cool Neptune-Like Planets are Common (2006)

Gould, A., Udalski, A., An, D., Bennett, D. P., Dong, S., ...

We detect a Neptune mass-ratio (q~8e-5) planetary companion to the lens star in the extremely high-magnification (A~800) microlensing event OGLE-2005-BLG-169. If the parent is a main-sequence star,...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Internet Access to the OGLE Photometry Data Set: OGLE-II BVI maps and I-band data (2006)

Szymanski, M. K.

We present on-line, interactive interface to the whole I-band photometry data set obtained in the second phase of the OGLE project (OGLE-II). The raw photometric database is accessed through an...

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...

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 Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Miras and Semiregular Variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2005)

Soszynski, I., Udalski, A., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G., Zebrun, K., ...

We use the OGLE-II and OGLE-III data in conjunction with the 2MASS near-infrared (NIR) photometry to identify and study Miras and Semiregular Variables (SRVs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud. We found...

Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2005)

Ghosh, H., Depoy, D.L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B.S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

We analyze the lightcurve of the microlensing event OGLE-2003-BLG-175/MOA-2003-BLG-45 and show that it has two properties that, when combined with future high resolution astrometry, could lead to a...

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 (

OGLE-2003-BLG-238: Microlensing Mass Estimate of an Isolated Star (2005)

Jiang, Guangfei, DePoy, D. L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

Microlensing is the only known direct method to measure the masses of stars that lack visible companions. In terms of microlensing observables, the mass is given by M=(c^2/4G)\\tilde r_E \\theta_E...

Planetary Detection Efficiency of the Magnification 3000 Microlensing Event OGLE-2004-BLG-343 (2005)

Dong, Subo, DePoy, D. L., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

OGLE-2004-BLG-343 was a microlensing event with peak magnification A_{max}=3000+/-1100, by far the highest-magnification event ever analyzed and hence potentially extremely sensitive to planets...

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 (

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 (

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 (

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Ellipsoidal Variability of Red Giants in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2004)

Soszynski, I., Udalski, A., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G., Zebrun, K., ...

We used the OGLE-II and OGLE-III photometry of red giants in the Large Magellanic Cloud to select and study objects revealing ellipsoidal variability. We detected 1546 candidates for long period...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Planetary and Low-Luminosity Object Transits in the Fields of Galactic Disk. Results of the 2003 OGLE Observing Campaigns (2004)

Udalski, A., Szymanski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzynski, G., Soszynski, I., Zebrun, K., ...

We present results of two observing campaigns conducted by the OGLE-III survey in the 2003 observing season aiming at the detection of new objects with planetary transiting companions. Six fields of...

Search for Low-Mass Exoplanets by Gravitational Microlensing at High Magnification (2004)

Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Eguchi, S., Furuta, Y., Hearnshaw, J. B., ...

Observations of the gravitational microlensing event MOA 2003-BLG-32/OGLE 2003-BLG-219 are presented for which the peak magnification was over 500, the highest yet reported. Continuous observations...

Variability-selected QSO candidates in OGLE-II Galactic Bulge fields (2004)

Sumi, T., Wozniak, P. R., Eyer, L., Dobrzycki, A., Udalski, A., Szymanski, M. K., ...

We present 97 QSO candidates in 48 Galactic Bulge fields of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment II (OGLE-II) covering about 11 square degrees, which are selected via their variability. We...

WR 20a is an Eclipsing Binary: Accurate Determination of Parameters for an Extremely Massive Wolf-Rayet System (2004)

Bonanos, A. Z., Stanek, K. Z., Udalski, A., Wyrzykowski, L., Zebrun, K., Kubiak, M., ...

We present a high-precision I-band light curve for the Wolf-Rayet binary WR 20a, obtained as a sub-project of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Rauw et al. have recently presented...

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The New Catalog of Eclipsing Binary Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2004)

Wyrzykowski, L., Udalski, A., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Zebrun, K., Soszynski, I., ...

We present new version of the OGLE-II catalog of eclipsing binary stars detected in the Small Magellanic Cloud, based on Difference Image Analysis catalog of variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds...

OGLE-2003-BLG-238: Microlensing Mass Estimate of an Isolated Star (2004)

Jiang, Guangfei, DePoy, D. L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

Microlensing is the only known direct method to measure the masses of stars that lack visible companions. In terms of microlensing observables, the mass is given by M=(c^2/4G)\tilde r_E \theta_E and...

OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53: A planetary microlensing event (2004)

Bond, I. A., Udalski, A., Jaroszynski, M., Rattenbury, N. J., Paczynski, B., Soszynski, I., ...

We present observations of the unusual microlensing event OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53. In this event a short duration (~7 days) low amplitude deviation in the light curve due a single lens...

Constraints on Planetary Companions in the Magnification A=256 Microlensing Event: OGLE-2003-BLG-423 (2004)

Yoo, Jaiyul, DePoy, D. L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

We develop a new method of modeling microlensing events based on a Monte Carlo simulation that incorporates both a Galactic model and the constraints imposed by the observed characteristics of the...

Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2004)

Ghosh, H., Depoy, D.L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B.S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

We analyze the lightcurve of the microlensing event OGLE-2003-BLG-175/MOA-2003-BLG-45 and show that it has two properties that, when combined with future high resolution astrometry, could lead to a...

OGLE-2003-BLG-238: Microlensing Mass Estimate of an Isolated Star (2004)

Jiang, Guangfei, DePoy, D. L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

Microlensing is the only known direct method to measure the masses of stars that lack visible companions. In terms of microlensing observables, the mass is given by M=(c^2/4G)\\tilde r_E \\theta_E...

Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2004)

Ghosh, H., Depoy, D.L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B.S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

We analyze the lightcurve of the microlensing event OGLE-2003-BLG-175/MOA-2003-BLG-45 and show that it has two properties that, when combined with future high resolution astrometry, could lead to a...

OGLE-2003-BLG-238: Microlensing Mass Estimate of an Isolated Star (2004)

Jiang, Guangfei, DePoy, D. L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

Microlensing is the only known direct method to measure the masses of stars that lack visible companions. In terms of microlensing observables, the mass is given by M=(c^2/4G)\\tilde r_E \\theta_E...