High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube

ANTARES Collaboration; Icecube Collaboration; LIGO Scientific Collaboration; Virgo Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122010

High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube

ANTARES Collaboration, Icecube Collaboration, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	122010
Number of pages	15
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	93
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122010
Publication status	Published - 23 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

DATA-ACQUISITION SYSTEM
GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
POINT-LIKE
TRANSIENTS
ASTRONOMY

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