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

Abstract

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.

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
The KamLAND Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1328751
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1377517
Report Number(s):
LBNL-1006358
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8213; ir:1006358; TRN: US1700103
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-01ER41166; FG03-00ER41138; AC02-05CH11231; 26104002; 26104007
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 829; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; gravitational waves; neutrinos

Citation Formats

Gando, A., Gando, Y., Hachiya, T., Hayashi, A., Hayashida, S., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Ishidoshiro, K., Karino, Y., Koga, M., Matsuda, S., Mitsui, T., Nakamura, K., Obara, S., Oura, T., Ozaki, H., Shimizu, I., Shirahata, Y., Shirai, J., Suzuki, A., Takai, T., Tamae, K., Teraoka, Y., Ueshima, K., Watanabe, H., Kozlov, A., Takemoto, Y., Yoshida, S., Fushimi, K., Piepke, A., Banks, T. I., Berger, B. E., Fujikawa, B. K., O’Donnell, T., Learned, J. G., Maricic, J., Sakai, M., Winslow, L. A., Krupczak, E., Ouellet, J., Efremenko, Y., Karwowski, H. J., Markoff, D. M., Tornow, W., Detwiler, J. A., Enomoto, S., and Decowski, M. P. A search for electron antineutrinos associated with gravitational-wave events GW150914 and GW151226 using KamLAND. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L34.
Gando, A., Gando, Y., Hachiya, T., Hayashi, A., Hayashida, S., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Ishidoshiro, K., Karino, Y., Koga, M., Matsuda, S., Mitsui, T., Nakamura, K., Obara, S., Oura, T., Ozaki, H., Shimizu, I., Shirahata, Y., Shirai, J., Suzuki, A., Takai, T., Tamae, K., Teraoka, Y., Ueshima, K., Watanabe, H., Kozlov, A., Takemoto, Y., Yoshida, S., Fushimi, K., Piepke, A., Banks, T. I., Berger, B. E., Fujikawa, B. K., O’Donnell, T., Learned, J. G., Maricic, J., Sakai, M., Winslow, L. A., Krupczak, E., Ouellet, J., Efremenko, Y., Karwowski, H. J., Markoff, D. M., Tornow, W., Detwiler, J. A., Enomoto, S., & Decowski, M. P. A search for electron antineutrinos associated with gravitational-wave events GW150914 and GW151226 using KamLAND. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L34
Gando, A., Gando, Y., Hachiya, T., Hayashi, A., Hayashida, S., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Ishidoshiro, K., Karino, Y., Koga, M., Matsuda, S., Mitsui, T., Nakamura, K., Obara, S., Oura, T., Ozaki, H., Shimizu, I., Shirahata, Y., Shirai, J., Suzuki, A., Takai, T., Tamae, K., Teraoka, Y., Ueshima, K., Watanabe, H., Kozlov, A., Takemoto, Y., Yoshida, S., Fushimi, K., Piepke, A., Banks, T. I., Berger, B. E., Fujikawa, B. K., O’Donnell, T., Learned, J. G., Maricic, J., Sakai, M., Winslow, L. A., Krupczak, E., Ouellet, J., Efremenko, Y., Karwowski, H. J., Markoff, D. M., Tornow, W., Detwiler, J. A., Enomoto, S., and Decowski, M. P. 2016. "A search for electron antineutrinos associated with gravitational-wave events GW150914 and GW151226 using KamLAND". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L34. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1328751.
@article{osti_1328751,
title = {A search for electron antineutrinos associated with gravitational-wave events GW150914 and GW151226 using KamLAND},
author = {Gando, A. and Gando, Y. and Hachiya, T. and Hayashi, A. and Hayashida, S. and Ikeda, H. and Inoue, K. and Ishidoshiro, K. and Karino, Y. and Koga, M. and Matsuda, S. and Mitsui, T. and Nakamura, K. and Obara, S. and Oura, T. and Ozaki, H. and Shimizu, I. and Shirahata, Y. and Shirai, J. and Suzuki, A. and Takai, T. and Tamae, K. and Teraoka, Y. and Ueshima, K. and Watanabe, H. and Kozlov, A. and Takemoto, Y. and Yoshida, S. and Fushimi, K. and Piepke, A. and Banks, T. I. and Berger, B. E. and Fujikawa, B. K. and O’Donnell, T. and Learned, J. G. and Maricic, J. and Sakai, M. and Winslow, L. A. and Krupczak, E. and Ouellet, J. and Efremenko, Y. and Karwowski, H. J. and Markoff, D. M. and Tornow, W. and Detwiler, J. A. and Enomoto, S. and Decowski, M. P.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L34},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1328751}, journal = {The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)},
issn = {2041-8213},
number = 2,
volume = 829,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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