Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
11-29-2017
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Source Publication
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Source ISSN
2041-8205
Abstract
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 FermiGamma-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.
Recommended Citation
ANTARES Collaboration; The IceCube Collaboration; The Pierre Auger Collaboration; LIGO Scientific Collaboration; Virgo Collaboration; and Andeen, Karen, "Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory" (2017). Physics Faculty Research and Publications. 165.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/physics_fac/165
Comments
Published version. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 850, No. 2 (November 29, 2017): L35. DOI. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
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