We report the discovery of a super-Jovian planet in the microlensing event KMT-2016-BLG-1836 , which was found by the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network ’ s high-cadence observations ( \Gamma \sim 4 ~ { } { hr } ^ { -1 } ) .
The planet-host mass ratio q \sim 0.004 .
A Bayesian analysis indicates that the planetary system is composed of a super-Jovian M _ { planet } = 2.2 _ { -1.1 } ^ { +1.9 } M _ { J } planet orbiting an M or K dwarf M _ { host } = 0.49 _ { -0.25 } ^ { +0.38 } M _ { \odot } , at a distance of D _ { L } = 7.1 _ { -2.4 } ^ { +0.8 } kpc .
The projected planet-host separation is 3.5 ^ { +1.1 } _ { -0.9 } AU , implying that the planet is located beyond the snowline of the host star .
Future high-resolution images can potentially strongly constrain the lens brightness and thus the mass and distance of the planetary system .
Without considering detailed detection efficiency , selection or publication biases , we find a potential “ mass ratio desert ” at -3.7 \lesssim \log q \lesssim - 3.0 for the 31 published KMTNet planets .