Uncovering the Invisible: A Study of Gaia18ajz, a Candidate Black Hole Revealed by Microlensing
arxiv(2024)
摘要
Identifying black holes is essential for comprehending the development of
stars and uncovering novel principles of physics. Gravitational microlensing
provides an exceptional opportunity to examine an undetectable population of
black holes in the Milky Way. In particular, long-lasting events are likely to
be associated with massive lenses, including black holes. We present an
analysis of the Gaia18ajz microlensing event, reported by the Gaia Science
Alerts system, which has exhibited a long timescale and features indicative of
the annual microlensing parallax effect. Our objective is to estimate the
parameters of the lens based on the best-fitting model. We utilized photometric
data obtained from the Gaia satellite and terrestrial observatories to
investigate a variety of microlensing models and calculate the most probable
mass and distance to the lens, taking into consideration a Galactic model as a
prior. Subsequently, we applied a mass-brightness relation to evaluate the
likelihood that the lens is a main sequence star. We also describe
DarkLensCode, an open-source routine which computes the distribution of
probable lens mass, distance and luminosity employing the Galaxy priors on
stellar density and velocity for microlensing events with detected microlensing
parallax. We modelled Gaia18ajz event and found its two possible models with
most likely Einstein timescale of t_E=316^+36_-30 days and
t_E=299^+25_-22 days. Applying Galaxy priors for stellar density
and motion, we calculated the most probable lens mass of M_L =
5.6^+7.5_-2.5 M_⊙ located at D_S = 1.05^+0.78_-0.60 kpc
or M_L = 12.0^+14.9_-5.4 M_⊙ located at D_S =
1.18^+0.82_-0.63 kpc. Our analysis of the blended light suggests
that the lens is likely a dark remnant of stellar evolution, rather than a main
sequence star.
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