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Title: A search for electron antineutrinos associated with gravitational-wave events GW150914 and GW151226 using KamLAND

Journal Article · · The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)

Here, we present a search, using KamLAND, a kiloton-scale anti-neutrino detector, for low-energy anti-neutrino events that were coincident with the gravitational-wave (GW) events GW150914 and GW151226, and the candidate event LVT151012. We find no inverse beta-decay neutrino events within ±500 s of either GW signal. This non-detection is used to constrain the electron anti-neutrino fluence and the total integrated luminosity of the astrophysical sources.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Organization:
The KamLAND Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-01ER41166; FG03-00ER41138; AC02-05CH11231; 26104002; 26104007
OSTI ID:
1328751
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1377517
Report Number(s):
LBNL-1006358; ir:1006358; TRN: US1700103
Journal Information:
The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online), Vol. 829, Issue 2; ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 19 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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Cited By (8)

INTEGRAL IBIS, SPI, and JEM-X observations of LVT151012 journal July 2017
Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA journal April 2018
Search for Multimessenger Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with Advanced LIGO during Its First Observing Run, ANTARES, and IceCube journal January 2019
Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA text January 2020
Search for Multimessenger Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with Advanced LIGO during Its First Observing Run, ANTARES, and IceCube text January 2019
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Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA other January 2020
INTEGRAL IBIS, SPI, and JEM-X observations of LVT151012 text January 2017

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