Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory
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· The Astrophysical Journal. Letters
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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- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of Energy; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Contributing Organization:
- ANTARES Collaboration; IceCube Collaboration; LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration; The Pierre Auger Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC02-07CH11359; AC52-06NA25396; FG02-99ER41107; SC0011689
- OSTI ID:
- 1416315
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1433105
OSTI ID: 1434945
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-17-471-ND-TD; LA-UR--17-29428; LIGO-P1700344
- Journal Information:
- The Astrophysical Journal. Letters, Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 850; ISSN 2041-8213
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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