High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube
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Author(s)
Adrián-Martínez, S.
Albert, A.
André, M.
Anghinolfi, M.
Anton, G.
Ardid, M.
Aubert, J.-J.
Avgitas, T.
Baret, B.
Barrios-Martí, J.
Date Issued
June 2016
Journal
Physical Review D
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American Physical Society
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Adrián-Martínez, S.; Albert, A.; André, M. et al. "High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube." Physical Review D 93, 122010 (June 2016): 1-15 © 2016 American Physical Society
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Abstract
We present the high-energy-neutrino follow-up observations of the first gravitational wave transient GW150914 observed by the Advanced LIGO detectors on September 14, 2015. We search for coincident neutrino candidates within the data recorded by the IceCube and Antares neutrino detectors. A possible joint detection could be used in targeted electromagnetic follow-up observations, given the significantly better angular resolution of neutrino events compared to gravitational waves. We find no neutrino candidates in both temporal and spatial coincidence with the gravitational wave event. Within ±500 s of the gravitational wave event, the number of neutrino candidates detected by IceCube and Antares were three and zero, respectively. This is consistent with the expected atmospheric background, and none of the neutrino candidates were directionally coincident with GW150914. We use this nondetection to constrain neutrino emission from the gravitational-wave event.
MIT Department
Lincoln Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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