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Title: Microlensing Exoplanet Survey with KMTNet

Speaker: Dr. Sun-Ju Chung (KAIST)

Date&Time: 2024-05-31, 11:00 AM

Location: Science Hall B101

Talk to be delivered in Korean
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Abstract: Gravitational microlensing is a powerful technique to detect wide-separation exoplanets orbiting faint low-mass stars, which are difficult to be detected by two major methods of discovering exoplanets, the radial velocity and transit. The microlensing is also the only method that can explore the entire population of free-floating planets down to Mars-mass objects. The Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) is a dedicated system to conduct the microlensing exoplanet survey. The KMTNet consists of three identical 1.6 m telescopes with 4 deg^2 field of view, which are individually located in Chile, South Africa, and Australia. In this talk, I will present the discoveries made by KMTNet and the latest results on KMTNet exoplanet statistical studies.