Searching the Gamma-ray Sky for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources: Fermi GBM and LAT Observations of LVT151012 and GW151226

J J Racusin; E B Burns; A. A Goldstein; V. Connaughton; C.A. Wilson-Hodge; P. Jenke; L. Blackburn; M S Briggs; J B Broida; J J Camp; N. Christensen; C M Hui; L L Littenberg; P S Shawhan; L. Singer; J J Veitch; P B Bhat; W. Cleveland; G F Fitzpatrick; M H Gibby; A von Kienlin; S Mcbreen; B. Mailyan; C.A. Meegan; W.S. Paciesas; R.D. Preece; O.J. Roberts; M S Stanbro; P Veres; B.-B B Zhang; M. Ackermann; A. Albert; William B. Atwood; Magnus Axelsson; L. Baldini; Jean Ballet; Guido Barbiellini; Matthew G. Baring; D. Bastieri; R. Bellazzini; E. Bissaldi; R.D. Blandford; E.D. Bloom; R. Bonino; J. Bregeon; Pascal Bruel; S. Buson; G.A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; R. Caputo; M. Caragiulo; P. A. Caraveo; E. Cavazzuti; E. Charles; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; F. Costanza; A. Cuoco; S. Cutini; F. d'Ammando; F. de Palma; R. Desiante; S. W. Digel; N. Di Lalla; M. Di Mauro; L. Di Venere; P S. Drell; C. Favuzzi; E.C. Ferrara; W.B. Focke; Y. Fukazawa; S Funk; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; D. Gasparrini; N. Giglietto; G. Gill; M. Giroletti; T. Glanzmann; J. Granot; D. Green; J.E Grove; Lucas Guillemot; S. Guiriec; A.K. Harding; T. Jogler; G. Jóhannesson; T. Kamae; S. Kensei; D. Kocevski; M. Kuss; S. Larsson; L. Latronico; J. Li; F. Longo; F. Loparco; P. Lubrano; J. D. Magill; S. Maldera; D. Malyshev; J. E. Mcenery; P.F. Michelson; T. Mizuno; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; M. Negro; E. Nuss; N. Omodei; M. Orienti; E. Orlando; J. F. Ormes; D. Paneque; S. Perkins; M. Pesce-Rollins; Frédéric Piron; G. Pivato; T.A. Porter; G. Principe; S. Rainò; R. Rando; M. Razzano; S. Razzaque; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; P.M. Saz Parkinson; J.D. Scargle; C S Sgrò; D S Simone; E. J. Siskind; D.A. Smith; F S Spada; P S Spinelli; D.J. Suson; H H Tajima; J.B Thayer; D.F Torres; E Troja; Y Uchiyama; G Vianello; K.S. S Wood; M. Wood

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Searching the Gamma-ray Sky for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources: Fermi GBM and LAT Observations of LVT151012 and GW151226

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Searching the Gamma-ray Sky for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources: Fermi GBM and LAT Observations of LVT151012 and GW151226

J J Racusin, E B Burns, A. A Goldstein, V. Connaughton, C.A. Wilson-Hodge, P. Jenke, L. Blackburn, M S Briggs, J B Broida, J J Camp, …

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.835(1)

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/82

Abstract

methods: observational

gamma rays: general

gravitational waves

We present the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the LIGO binary black hole merger event GW151226 and candidate LVT151012. At the time of the LIGO triggers on LVT151012 and GW151226, GBM was observing 68% and 83% of the localization regions, and LAT was observing 47% and 32%, respectively. No candidate electromagnetic counterparts were detected by either the GBM or LAT. We present a detailed analysis of the GBM and LAT data over a range of timescales from seconds to years, using automated pipelines and new techniques for characterizing the flux upper bounds across large areas of the sky. Due to the partial GBM and LAT coverage of the large LIGO localization regions at the trigger times for both events, differences in source distances and masses, as well as the uncertain degree to which emission from these sources could be beamed, these non-detections cannot be used to constrain the variety of theoretical models recently applied to explain the candidate GBM counterpart to GW150914.

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Title: Searching the Gamma-ray Sky for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources: Fermi GBM and LAT Observations of LVT151012 and GW151226
Creators - without role: J J Racusin - Goddard Space Flight Center
E B Burns - University of Alabama in Huntsville
A. A Goldstein - Universities Space Research Association
V. Connaughton - Universities Space Research Association
C.A. Wilson-Hodge - Marshall Space Flight Center
P. Jenke - University of Alabama in Huntsville
L. Blackburn - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M S Briggs - University of Alabama in Huntsville
J B Broida - Carleton College
J J Camp - Royal Observatory of Belgium
N. Christensen - Carleton College
C M Hui - Marshall Space Flight Center
L L Littenberg - Universities Space Research Association
P S Shawhan - University of Maryland, College Park
L. Singer - Goddard Space Flight Center
J J Veitch - University of Birmingham
P B Bhat - University of Alabama in Huntsville
W. Cleveland - Universities Space Research Association
G F Fitzpatrick - University College Dublin
M H Gibby - Jacobs
A von Kienlin - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
S Mcbreen - University College Dublin
B. Mailyan - University of Alabama in Huntsville
C.A. Meegan - University of Alabama in Huntsville
W.S. Paciesas - Universities Space Research Association
R.D. Preece - University of Alabama in Huntsville
O.J. Roberts - University College Dublin
M S Stanbro - University of Alabama in Huntsville
P Veres - University of Alabama in Huntsville
B.-B B Zhang - University of Alabama in Huntsville
M. Ackermann - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
A. Albert - Los Alamos National Laboratory
William B. Atwood - University of California, Santa Cruz
Magnus Axelsson - Tokyo Metropolitan University
L. Baldini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Jean Ballet - Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
Guido Barbiellini - University of Trieste
Matthew G. Baring - Rice University
D. Bastieri - University of Padua
R. Bellazzini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
E. Bissaldi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
R.D. Blandford - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E.D. Bloom - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Bonino - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
J. Bregeon - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
Pascal Bruel - École Polytechnique
S. Buson - Goddard Space Flight Center
G.A. Caliandro - Stanford University
R. A. Cameron - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Caputo - University of California, Santa Cruz
M. Caragiulo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
P. A. Caraveo - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
E. Cavazzuti - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
E. Charles - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Chiang - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Ciprini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
F. Costanza - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
A. Cuoco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
S. Cutini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
F. d'Ammando - Istituto di Radioastronomia [Bologna]
F. de Palma - Pegaso University
R. Desiante - University of Udine
S. W. Digel - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
N. Di Lalla - UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research
M. Di Mauro - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
L. Di Venere - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
P S. Drell - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
C. Favuzzi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
E.C. Ferrara - Goddard Space Flight Center
W.B. Focke - Stanford University
Y. Fukazawa - Hiroshima University
S Funk - Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
P. Fusco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
F. Gargano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
D. Gasparrini - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
N. Giglietto - Polytechnic University of Bari
G. Gill - Open University of Israel
M. Giroletti - Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna
T. Glanzmann - Stanford University
J. Granot - Open University of Israel
D. Green - Goddard Space Flight Center
J.E Grove - United States Naval Research Laboratory
Lucas Guillemot - Observatoire de Paris
S. Guiriec - Goddard Space Flight Center
A.K. Harding - Goddard Space Flight Center
T. Jogler - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
G. Jóhannesson - University of Iceland
T. Kamae - The University of Tokyo
S. Kensei - Hiroshima University
D. Kocevski - Goddard Space Flight Center
M. Kuss - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
S. Larsson - Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics
L. Latronico - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
J. Li - Institute of Space Sciences
F. Longo - University of Trieste
F. Loparco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
P. Lubrano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
J. D. Magill - University of Maryland, College Park
S. Maldera - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
D. Malyshev - Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
J. E. Mcenery - Goddard Space Flight Center
P.F. Michelson - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Mizuno - Hiroshima University
A. Morselli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
I. V. Moskalenko - Stanford University
M. Negro - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
E. Nuss - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
N. Omodei - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
M. Orienti - Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna
E. Orlando - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. F. Ormes - University of Denver
D. Paneque - Max Planck Institute for Physics
S. Perkins - GSFC Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics
M. Pesce-Rollins - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Frédéric Piron - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
G. Pivato - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
T.A. Porter - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
G. Principe - Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
S. Rainò - Polytechnic University of Bari
R. Rando - University of Padua
M. Razzano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
S. Razzaque - University of Johannesburg
A. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
O. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
P.M. Saz Parkinson - Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
J.D. Scargle - Ames Research Center
C S Sgrò - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
D S Simone - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
E. J. Siskind - Real Time Tomography
D.A. Smith - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
F S Spada - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
P S Spinelli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
D.J. Suson - Purdue University Northwest
H H Tajima - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
J.B Thayer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
D.F Torres - Institute of Space Sciences
E Troja - Goddard Space Flight Center
Y Uchiyama - Rikkyo University
G Vianello - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
K.S. S Wood - Praxis
M. Wood - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Publication Details: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.835(1)
Identifiers: 9934092009311
Academic Unit: Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: insu-01492674