A first search for coincident gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/06/008· OSTI ID:22282898

Adrián-Martínez, S.; Ardid, M.; Bou-Cabo, M. ^[1]; Samarai, I. Al; Aubert, J-J.; Bertin, V.; Brunner, J. ^[2]; Albert, A. ^[3]; André, M. ^[4]; Anghinolfi, M. ^[5]; Anton, G. ^[6]; Anvar, S. ^[7]; Astraatmadja, T.; Bogazzi, C.; Bouwhuis, M. C. ^[8]; Baret, B.; Bouhou, B. ^[9]; Basa, S. ^[10]; Biagi, S. ^[11]; others, and

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1. Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de les Zones Costaneres (IGIC) - Universitat Politècnica de València. C/ Paranimf 1 , 46730 Gandia, Spain. (Spain)
2. CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille (France)
3. GRPHE - Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar, 34 rue du Grillenbreit BP 50568 - 68008 Colmar (France)
4. Technical University of Catalonia, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Rambla Exposició, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona (Spain)
5. INFN - Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova (Italy)
6. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)
7. Direction des Sciences de la Matière - Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers - Service d'Electronique des Détecteurs et d'Informatique, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
8. Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
9. APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris (France)
10. LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Pôle de l'Étoile Site de Château-Gombert, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 38, 13388 Marseille Cedex 13 (France)
11. INFN - Sezione di Bologna, Viale C. Berti-Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna (Italy)

We present the results of the first search for gravitational wave bursts associated with high energy neutrinos. Together, these messengers could reveal new, hidden sources that are not observed by conventional photon astronomy, particularly at high energy. Our search uses neutrinos detected by the underwater neutrino telescope ANTARES in its 5 line configuration during the period January - September 2007, which coincided with the fifth and first science runs of LIGO and Virgo, respectively. The LIGO-Virgo data were analysed for candidate gravitational-wave signals coincident in time and direction with the neutrino events. No significant coincident events were observed. We place limits on the density of joint high energy neutrino - gravitational wave emission events in the local universe, and compare them with densities of merger and core-collapse events.

• OSTI ID: 22282898
• Journal Information: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2013, Issue 06; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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