The Exoplanet Mass-Ratio Function from the MOA-II Survey: Discovery of a Break and Likely Peak at a Neptune Mass
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D. Suzuki, D. Bennett, T. Sumi, I. Bond, L. Rogers, F. Abe, Y. Asakura, A. Bhattacharya, M. Donachie, M. Freeman
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A. Fukui, Y. Hirao, Y. Itow, N. Koshimoto, M. Li, C. Ling, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, Y. Muraki, M. Nagakane, K. Onishi, H. Oyokawa, N. Rattenbury, T. Saito, A. Sharan, H. Shibai, D. Sullivan, P. Tristram, A. Yonehara
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We report the results of the statistical analysis of planetary signals discovered in MOA-II microlensing survey alert system events from 2007 to 2012. Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 102-904, North Shore Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 5640 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory, 3037-5 Honjo, Kamogata, Asakuchi, Okayama 719-0232, Japan Nagano National College of Technology, Nagano 381-8550, Japan Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology, Tokyo 116-8523, Japan School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand Mt. John University Observatory, P.O. Box 56, Lake Tekapo 8770, New Zealand Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan Sagan Fellow, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley, 501 Campbell Hall #3411, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA ar X iv :1 61 2. 03 93 9v 1 [ as tr oph .E P] 1 2 D ec 2 01 6