High-energy Neutrino follow-up search of Gravitational Wave Event GW150914 with IceCube and ANTARES

Document #:

LIGO-P1500271-v14

Document type:

P - Publications

Abstract:

We present the high-energy-neutrino follow-up observations of the first gravitational wave transient GW150914 observed by the Advanced LIGO detectors on Sept.~14\( ^{\rm th} \), 2015. We search for coincident neutrino candidates within the data recorded by the IceCube and \textsc{Antares} neutrino detectors. A possible joint detection could be used in targeted electromagnetic follow-up observations, given the significantly better angular resolution of neutrino events compared to gravitational waves. We find no neutrino candidates in both temporal and spatial coincidence with the gravitational wave event. Within \( \pm 500 \)\,s of the gravitational wave event, the number of neutrino candidates detected by IceCube and \textsc{Antares} were three and zero, respectively. This is consistent with the expected atmospheric background, and none of the neutrino candidates were directionally coincident with GW150914. We use this non-detection to constrain neutrino emission from the gravitational-wave event.

Files in Document:

• GW150914_neutrino (GW150914_neutrino.pdf, 1.8 MB)

Topics:

• External Collaboration
• Compact Binaries
• Data Analysis
• Astrophysics / Multi-messenger
• GW Bursts

Author Groups:

• LVC
• LSC

Keywords:

GW150914 high-energy neutrino multimessenger IceCube ANTARES

Referenced by:

• LIGO-P150914-v14: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger