Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2017.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Physical Description:: Article numbers L35 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science, National Science Foundation (U.S.), and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observatories recently discovered gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. A short gamma-ray burst (GRB) that followed the merger of this binary was also recorded by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM), and the Anti-Coincidence Shield for the Spectrometer for the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL), indicating particle acceleration by the source. The precise location of the event was determined by optical detections of emission following the merger. We searched for high-energy neutrinos from the merger in the GeV–EeV energy range using the Antares, IceCube, and Pierre Auger Observatories. No neutrinos directionally coincident with the source were detected within ±500 s around the merger time. Additionally, no MeV neutrino burst signal was detected coincident with the merger. We further carried out an extended search in the direction of the source for high-energy neutrinos within the 14 day period following the merger, but found no evidence of emission. We used these results to probe dissipation mechanisms in relativistic outflows driven by the binary neutron star merger. The non-detection is consistent with model predictions of short GRBs observed at a large off-axis angle.

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E 1.99:la-ur--17-29428
la-ur--17-29428

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Astronomy And Astrophysics

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Published through SciTech Connect.
11/29/2017.
"la-ur--17-29428"
The Astrophysical Journal. Letters 850 2 ISSN 2041-8213 AM
Albert, A.; André, M.; Anghinolfi, M.; Ardid, M.; Aubert, J.; Aublin, J.; Avgitas, T.; Baret, B.; Barrios-Martí, J.; Basa, S.; Belhorma, B.; Bertin, V.; Biagi, S.; Bormuth, R.; Bourret, S.; Bouwhuis, M.; Brânzaş, H.; Bruijn, R.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J.; Capone, A.; Caramete, L.; Carr, J.; Celli, S.; El Moursli, R.; et al.

Funding Information:

AC52-06NA25396
AC02-07CH11359
FR02-04ER41300
FG02-99ER41107
SC0011689
AC02-05CH11231

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