All-sky search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW170104 with the Antares neutrino telescope

Albert, A.; André, M.; Anghinolfi, M.; Anton, G.; Ardid, M.; Aubert, J. -J.; Avgitas, T.; Baret, B.; Barrios-Martí, J.; Basa, S.; Belhorma, B.; Bertin, V.; Biagi, S.; Bormuth, R.; Bourret, S.; Bouwhuis, M. C.; Brânzaş, H.; Bruijn, R.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J.; Capone, A.; Caramete, L.; Carr, J.; Celli, S.; Cherkaoui El Moursli, R.; Chiarusi, T.; Circella, M.; Coelho, J. A. B.; Coleiro, A.; Coniglione, R.; Costantini, H.; Coyle, P.; Creusot, A.; Díaz, A. F.; Deschamps, A.; De Bonis, G.; Distefano, C.; Di Palma, I.; Domi, A.; Donzaud, C.; Dornic, D.; Drouhin, D.; Eberl, T.; El Bojaddaini, I.; El Khayati, N.; Elsässer, D.; Enzenhöfer, A.; Ettahiri, A.; Fassi, F.; Felis, I.; Fusco, L. A.; Gay, P.; Giordano, V.; Glotin, H.; Grégoire, T.; Gracia Ruiz, R.; Graf, K.; Hallmann, S.; van Haren, H.; Heijboer, A. J.; Hello, Y.; Hernández-Rey, J. J.; Hößl, J.; Hofestädt, J.; Hugon, C.; Illuminati, G.; James, C. W.; de Jong, M.; Jongen, M.; Kadler, M.; Kalekin, O.; Katz, U.; Kießling, D.; Kouchner, A.; Kreter, M.; Kreykenbohm, I.; Kulikovskiy, V.; Lachaud, C.; Lahmann, R.; Lefèvre, D.; Leonora, E.; Lotze, M.; Loucatos, S.; Marcelin, M.; Margiotta, A.; Marinelli, A.; Martínez-Mora, J. A.; Mele, R.; Melis, K.; Michael, T.; Migliozzi, P.; Moussa, A.; Navas, S.; Nezri, E.; Organokov, M.; Păvălaş, G. E.; Pellegrino, C.; Perrina, C.; Piattelli, P.; Popa, V.; Pradier, T.; Quinn, L.; Racca, C.; Riccobene, G.; Sánchez-Losa, A.; Saldaña, M.; Salvadori, I.; Samtleben, D. F. E.; Sanguineti, M.; Sapienza, P.; Schüssler, F.; Sieger, C.; Spurio, M.; Stolarczyk, Th.; Taiuti, M.; Tayalati, Y.; Trovato, A.; Turpin, D.; Tönnis, C.; Vallage, B.; Van Elewyck, V.; Versari, F.; Vivolo, D.; Vizzoca, A.; Wilms, J.; Zornoza, J. D.; Zúñiga, J.

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5451-z

AdvancedÂ LIGO detected a significant gravitational wave signal (GW170104) originating from the coalescence of two black holes during the second observation run on January 4th, 2017. An all-sky high-energy neutrino follow-up search has been made using data from the AntaresÂ neutrino telescope, including both upgoing and downgoing events in two separate analyses. No neutrino candidates were found within Â± 500 s around the GW event time nor any time clustering of events over an extended time window of Â± 3 months. The non-detection is used to constrain isotropic-equivalent high-energy neutrino emission from GW170104 to less than â¼ 1.2 Ã 1055Â erg for a E- 2spectrum. This constraint is valid in the energy range corresponding to the 5â95% quantiles of the neutrino flux [3.2 TeV; 3.6 PeV], if the GW emitter was below the Antares horizon at the alert time.

All-sky search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW170104 with the Antares neutrino telescope

Albert, A.;André, M.;Anghinolfi, M.;Anton, G.;Ardid, M.;Aubert, J. -J.;Avgitas, T.;Baret, B.;Barrios-Martí, J.;Basa, S.;Belhorma, B.;Bertin, V.;Biagi, S.;Bormuth, R.;Bourret, S.;Bouwhuis, M. C.;Brânzaş, H.;Bruijn, R.;Brunner, J.;Busto, J.;Capone, A.;Caramete, L.;Carr, J.;Celli, S.;Cherkaoui El Moursli, R.;Chiarusi, T.;Circella, M.;Coelho, J. A. B.;Coleiro, A.;Coniglione, R.;Costantini, H.;Coyle, P.;Creusot, A.;Díaz, A. F.;Deschamps, A.;De Bonis, G.;Distefano, C.;Di Palma, I.;Domi, A.;Donzaud, C.;Dornic, D.;Drouhin, D.;Eberl, T.;El Bojaddaini, I.;El Khayati, N.;Elsässer, D.;Enzenhöfer, A.;Ettahiri, A.;Fassi, F.;Felis, I.;Fusco, L. A.;Gay, P.;Giordano, V.;Glotin, H.;Grégoire, T.;Gracia Ruiz, R.;Graf, K.;Hallmann, S.;van Haren, H.;Heijboer, A. J.;Hello, Y.;Hernández-Rey, J. J.;Hößl, J.;Hofestädt, J.;Hugon, C.;Illuminati, G.;James, C. W.;de Jong, M.;Jongen, M.;Kadler, M.;Kalekin, O.;Katz, U.;Kießling, D.;Kouchner, A.;Kreter, M.;Kreykenbohm, I.;Kulikovskiy, V.;Lachaud, C.;Lahmann, R.;Lefèvre, D.;Leonora, E.;Lotze, M.;Loucatos, S.;Marcelin, M.;Margiotta, A.;Marinelli, A.;Martínez-Mora, J. A.;Mele, R.;Melis, K.;Michael, T.;Migliozzi, P.;Moussa, A.;Navas, S.;Nezri, E.;Organokov, M.;Păvălaş, G. E.;Pellegrino, C.;Perrina, C.;Piattelli, P.;Popa, V.;Pradier, T.;Quinn, L.;Racca, C.;Riccobene, G.;Sánchez-Losa, A.;Saldaña, M.;Salvadori, I.;Samtleben, D. F. E.;Sanguineti, M.;Sapienza, P.;Schüssler, F.;Sieger, C.;Spurio, M.;Stolarczyk, Th.;Taiuti, M.;Tayalati, Y.;Trovato, A.;Turpin, D.;Tönnis, C.;Vallage, B.;Van Elewyck, V.;Versari, F.;Vivolo, D.;Vizzoca, A.;Wilms, J.;Zornoza, J. D.;Zúñiga, J.

2017-01-01

Abstract

AdvancedÂ LIGO detected a significant gravitational wave signal (GW170104) originating from the coalescence of two black holes during the second observation run on January 4th, 2017. An all-sky high-energy neutrino follow-up search has been made using data from the AntaresÂ neutrino telescope, including both upgoing and downgoing events in two separate analyses. No neutrino candidates were found within Â± 500 s around the GW event time nor any time clustering of events over an extended time window of Â± 3 months. The non-detection is used to constrain isotropic-equivalent high-energy neutrino emission from GW170104 to less than â¼ 1.2 Ã 1055Â erg for a E- 2spectrum. This constraint is valid in the energy range corresponding to the 5â95% quantiles of the neutrino flux [3.2 TeV; 3.6 PeV], if the GW emitter was below the Antares horizon at the alert time.