Search for multimessenger signals in NOvA coincident with LIGO/Virgo detections

Journal Article · Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.112006· OSTI ID:1634241

Acero, M. A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, L.; Alion, T.; Allakhverdian, V.; Anfimov, N.; Antoshkin, A.; Asquith, L.; Aurisano, A.; Back, A.; Backhouse, C.; Baird, M.; Balashov, N.; Baldi, P.; Bambah, B. A.; Bashar, S.; Bays, K.; Bending, S.; Bernstein, R.; Bhatnagar, V. ; Bhuyan, B.; Bian, J.; Blair, J.; Booth, A. C.; Bour, P.; Bromberg, C.; Buchanan, N.; Butkevich, A.; Calvez, S.; Carroll, T. J.; Catano-Mur, E.; Childress, S.; Choudhary, B. C.; Coan, T. E.; Colo, M.; Corwin, L.; Cremonesi, L.; Davies, G. S.; Derwent, P. F.; Dharmapalan, R.; Ding, P.; Djurcic, Z.; Doyle, D.; Dukes, E. C.; Dung, P.; Duyang, H.; Edayath, S.; Ehrlich, R.; Feldman, G. J.; Filip, P.; Flanagan, W.; Frank, M. J.; Gallagher, H. R.; Gandrajula, R.; Gao, F.; Germani, S.; Giri, A.; Gomes, R. A.; Goodman, M. C.; Grichine, V.; Groh, M.; Group, R.; Guo, B.; Habig, A.; Hakl, F.; Hartnell, J.; Hatcher, R.; Heller, K.; Hewes, J.; Himmel, A.; Holin, A.; Huang, J.; Hylen, J.; Jediny, F.; Johnson, C.; Judah, M.; Kakorin, I.; Kalra, D.; Kaplan, D. M.; Keloth, R.; Klimov, O.; Koerner, L. W.; Kolupaeva, L.; Kotelnikov, S.; Kullenberg, Ch.; Kumar, A.; Kuruppu, C. D.; Kus, V.; Lackey, T.; Lang, K.; Li, L.; Lin, S.; Lokajicek, M.; Luchuk, S.; Magill, S.; Mann, W. A.; Marshak, M. L.; Martinez-Casales, M.; Matveev, V.; Mayes, B.; Méndez, D. P.; Messier, M. D.; Meyer, H.; Miao, T.; Miller, W. H.; Mishra, S. R.; Mislivec, A.; Mohanta, R.; Moren, A.; Mualem, L.; Muether, M.; Mufson, S.; Mulder, K.; Murphy, R.; Musser, J.; Naples, D.; Nayak, N.; Nelson, J. K.; Nichol, R.; Niner, E.; Norman, A.; Norrick, A.; Nosek, T.; Olshevskiy, A.; Olson, T.; Paley, J.; Patterson, R. B.; Pawloski, G.; Petrova, O.; Petti, R.; Plunkett, R. K.; Rafique, A.; Psihas, F.; Raj, V.; Rebel, B.; Rojas, P.; Ryabov, V.; Samoylov, O.; Sanchez, M. C.; Sánchez Falero, S.; Shanahan, P.; Sheshukov, A.; Singh, P.; Singh, V.; Smith, E.; Smolik, J.; Snopok, P.; Solomey, N.; Sousa, A.; Soustruznik, K.; Strait, M.; Suter, L.; Sutton, A.; Talaga, R. L.; Tapia Oregui, B.; Tas, P.; Thayyullathil, R. B.; Thomas, J.; Tiras, E.; Torbunov, D.; Tripathi, J.; Torun, Y.; Urheim, J.; Vahle, P.; Vasel, J.; Vokac, P.; Vrba, T.; Wallbank, M.; Warburton, T. K.; Wetstein, M.; Whittington, D.; Wojcicki, S. G.; Wolcott, J.; Yallappa Dombara, A.; Yonehara, K.; Yu, S.; Yu, Y.; Zadorozhnyy, S.; Zalesak, J.; Zhang, Y.; Zwaska, R.

Using the NOvA neutrino detectors, a broad search has been performed for any signal coincident with 28 gravitational wave events detected by the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration between September 2015 and July 2019. For all of these events, NOvA is sensitive to possible arrival of neutrinos and cosmic rays of GeV and higher energies. For five (seven) events in the NOvA Far (Near) Detector, timely public alerts from the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration allowed recording of MeV-scale events. No signal candidates were found.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Contributing Organization: NOvA Collaboration
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1634241
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1596045
• Report Number(s): arXiv:2001.07240; FERMILAB-PUB-20-018-ND; PRVDAQ; 112006
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 101 Journal Issue: 11; ISSN 2470-0010
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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