KMT-2022-BLG-0086: Another binary-lens binary-source microlensing event

Abstract

We present the analysis of a microlensing event KMT-2022-BLG-0086 of which the overall light curve is not described by a binary-lens single-source (2L1S) model, which suggests the existence of an extra lens or an extra source. We found that the event is best explained by the binary-lens binary-source (2L2S) model, but the 2L2S model is only favored over the triple-lens single-source (3L1S) model by 2 9. Although the event has noticeable anomalies around the peak of the light curve, they are not enough covered to constrain the angular Einstein radius θ E, thus we only measure the minimum angular Einstein radius θ E,min. From the Bayesian analysis, it is found that that the binary lens system is a binary star with masses of (m1,m2)=(0.46+0.35-0.25\, M, 0.75+0.67-0.55\, M) at a distance of D L=5.87+1.21-1.79 kpc, while the triple lens system is a brown dwarf or a massive giant planet in a low-mass binary-star system with masses of (m1,m2,m3)=(0.43+0.41-0.35\, M, 0.056+0.055-0.047\, M, 20.84+20.20-17.04\, M J) at a distance of D L=4.06+1.39-3.28 kpc, indicating a disk lens system. The 2L2S model yields the relative lens-source proper motion of μ rel ≥slant 4.6\, mas\, yr-1 that is consistent with the Bayesian result, whereas the 3L1S model yields μ rel ≥slant 18.9\, mas\, yr-1, which is more than three times larger than that of a typical disk object of 6\, mas\, yr-1 and thus is not consistent with the Bayesian result. This suggests that the event is likely caused by the binary-lens binary-source model.

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