On the accuracy of mass measurement for microlensing black holes as seen by Gaia and OGLE

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We investigate the impact of combining Gaia astrometry from space with precise, high cadence OGLE photometry from the ground.

• For the archival event OGLE3-ULENS-PAR-02, which is likely a black hole, we simulate a realistic astrometric time-series of Gaia measurements and combine it with the real photometric data collected by the OGLE project.
• We predict that at the end of the nominal 5 years of the Gaia mission, for the events brighter than $G\approx15.5$ mag at the baseline, caused by objects heavier than 10 $M_{\odot}$, it will be possible to unambiguously derive masses of the lenses, with accuracy between a few to 15 per cent.
• We find that fainter events ($G<17.5$) can still have their lens masses determined, provided that they are heavier than 30 $M_{\odot}$.