Martin Dominik

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors derived the mass distributions of stellar compact remnants and provided analytic prescriptions for both single-star models (as a function of initial star mass) and binary-star model-prescriptions for compact object masses for major population synthesis codes.

TL;DR: The detection of a cool, sub-Neptune-mass planets may be more common than gas giant planets, as predicted by the core accretion theory, and is suggested to name OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, indicating a planetary mass companion to the lens star of the microlensing event.

TL;DR: It is concluded that stars are orbited by planets as a rule, rather than the exception, and that of stars host Jupiter-mass planets 0.5–10 au (Sun–Earth distance) from their stars.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors derived mass distributions of stellar compact remnants and provided analytical prescriptions for compact object masses for major population synthesis codes, and demonstrated that these qualitatively new results for compact objects can explain the observed gap in the remnant mass distribution between ~2-5 solar masses and place strong constraints on the nature of the supernova engine.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the first measurement of the planet frequency beyond the "snow line," for the planet-to-star mass-ratio interval during 2005-2008 microlensing events during the survey-plus-follow-up high-magnification channel.