KMT-2026-BLG-0083L: A Two-Jovian-Planet System Orbiting an M Dwarf Discovered by Microlensing
Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Zhixing Li, Weicheng Zang, Andrzej Udalski, Ian A. Bond, Yoon-Hyun Ryu, Steve Heathcote, Michael D. Albrow, Sun-Ju Chung, Andrew Gould, Youn Kil Jung, Kyu-Ha Hwang, Hongjing Yang, Yossi Shvartzvald, In-Gu Shin, Doeon Kim, Dong-Jin Kim, Byeong-Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, Qiyue Qian, Yaosong Yu, Yuchen Tang, Yuxin Shang, Tomas Ahumada, imothy Abbott, Guillermo Damke, Konstantina Boutsia, Alfredo Zenteno, Shude Mao, Andong Xu, Przemek Mróz, Michał K. Szymański, Jan Skowron, Radosław Poleski, Igor Soszyński, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Szymon Kozłowski, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, Patryk Iwanek, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Marcin Wrona, Mariusz Gromadzki, Mateusz J. Mróz, David P. Bennett, Aparna Bhattacharya, Kotaro Daimon, Ryusei Hamada, Yuki Hirao, Shuma Makida, Stela Ishitani Silva, Shota Miyazaki, Tutumi Nagai, Seiya Nakayama, Kansuke Nunota, Ryo Ogawa, Ryunosuke Oishi, Hideaki Ose, Nicholas J. Rattenbury, Yuki K. Satoh, Takahiro Sumi, Daisuke Suzuki, Motohide Tamura, Takuto Tamaoki, Sean K. Terry, Chihiro Ueda, Aikaterini Vandorou, Hibiki Yama
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 q2=(5.25 0.08)× 10-3 and q3=(3.04 0.24)×10-3 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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