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

Adrian-Martinez, S.; Davies, G. S.; Antares Collaboration; IceCube Collaboration; LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

dc.contributor.author	Adrian-Martinez, S.
dc.contributor.author	Davies, G. S.
dc.contributor.author	Antares Collaboration
dc.contributor.author	IceCube Collaboration
dc.contributor.author	LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration
dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-05T14:30:42Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-05T14:30:42Z
dc.date.issued	2016-06
dc.identifier.citation	Adrián-Martínez S, et al,. (Antares Collaboration, IceCube Collaboration, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and Virgo Collaboration) (2016) Physical Review D, Volume 93, Issue 12, June 2016, Article number 122010	en_UK
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122010
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11723
dc.description	Copyright © 2016 American Physical Society and reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy	en_UK
dc.description.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.	en_UK
dc.publisher	American Physical Society	en_UK
dc.title	High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube	en_UK
dc.type	Article	en_UK