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Y. Hirao

Researcher at Kobe University

Publications -  21
Citations -  837

Y. Hirao is an academic researcher from Kobe University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gravitational microlensing & Planet. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 21 publications receiving 769 citations. Previous affiliations of Y. Hirao include Nagoya University & Goddard Space Flight Center.

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The Exoplanet Mass-Ratio Function from the MOA-II Survey: Discovery of a Break and Likely Peak at a Neptune Mass

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the results of the statistical analysis of planetary signals discovered in MOA-II microlensing survey alert system events from 2007 to 2012, finding significant planetary signals in 23 of the 1474 alert events that are well characterized by the MOA II survey data alone, and combine this analysis with the previous analyses of Gould et al. and Cassan et al., bringing the total sample to 30 planets.
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Spitzer Parallax of OGLE-2015-BLG-0966: A Cold Neptune in the Galactic Disk

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TL;DR: In this article, the detection of a Cold Neptune m_planet=21+/-2M orbiting a 0.38MSol M dwarf lying 2.5-3.3 kpc toward the Galactic center as part of a campaign combining ground-based and Spitzer observations was reported.
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The First Circumbinary Planet Found by Microlensing: OGLE-2007-BLG-349L(AB)c

TL;DR: The OGLE-2007-BLG-349 microlensing event has a strong planetary signal that is best fit with a mass ratio of $q \approx 3.4\times10^{-4}$, but there is an additional signal due to an additional lens mass, either another planet or another star as mentioned in this paper.