TeV gamma-ray observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with H.E.S.S

H. Abdalla; A. Abramowski; F. Aharonian; F. Ait Benkhali; E.O. Angüner; M. Arakawa; M. Arrieta; P. Aubert; M. Backes; A. Balzer; M. Barnard; Y. Becherini; J. Becker Tjus; D. Berge; S. Bernhard; K. Bernlöhr; R. Blackwell; M. Böttcher; C. Boisson; J. Bolmont; S. Bonnefoy; P. Bordas; J. Bregeon; F. Brun; P. Brun; M. Bryan; M. Büchele; T. Bulik; M. Capasso; S. Caroff; A. Carosi; S. Casanova; M. Cerruti; N. Chakraborty; R.C.G. Chaves; A. Chen; J. Chevalier; S. Colafrancesco; B. Condon; J. Conrad; I.D. Davids; J. Decock; C. Deil; J. Devin; P. Dewilt; L. Dirson; A. Djannati-Ataï; A. Donath; L.O'C. Drury; K. Dutson; J. Dyks; T. Edwards; K. Egberts; G. Emery; J.-P. Ernenwein; S. Eschbach; C. Farnier; S. Fegan; M.V. Fernandes; A. Fiasson; G. Fontaine; S. Funk; M. Füssling; S. Gabici; Y.A. Gallant; T. Garrigoux; F. Gaté; G. Giavitto; B. Giebels; D. Glawion; J.F. Glicenstein; D. Gottschall; M.-H. Grondin; J. Hahn; M. Haupt; J. Hawkes; G. Heinzelmann; G. Henri; G. Hermann; J.A. Hinton; W. Hofmann; C. Hoischen; T.L. Holch; M. Holler; D. Horns; A. Ivascenko; H. Iwasaki; A. Jacholkowska; M. Jamrozy; D. Jankowsky; F. Jankowsky; M. Jingo; L. Jouvin; I. Jung-Richardt; M.A. Kastendieck; K. Katarzyński; M. Katsuragawa; U. Katz; D. Kerszberg; D. Khangulyan; B. Khélifi; J. King; S. Klepser; D. Klochkov; W. Kluźniak; Nu. Komin; K. Kosack; S. Krakau; M. Kraus; P.P. Krüger; H. Laffon; G. Lamanna; J. Lau; J.-P. Lees; J. Lefaucheur; A. Lemière; M. Lemoine-Goumard; J.-P. Lenain; E. Leser; T. Lohse; M. Lorentz; R. Liu; R. López-Coto; I. Lypova; D. Malyshev; V. Marandon; Alexandre Marcowith; C. Mariaud; R. Marx; G. Maurin; N. Maxted; M. Mayer; P.J. Meintjes; M. Meyer; A.M.W. Mitchell; R. Moderski; M. Mohamed; L. Mohrmann; K. Morå; E. Moulin; T. Murach; S. Nakashima; M. de Naurois; H. Ndiyavala; F. Niederwanger; J. Niemiec; L. Oakes; P. O'Brien; H. Odaka; S. Ohm; M. Ostrowski; I. Oya; M. Padovani; M. Panter; R.D. Parsons; N.W. Pekeur; G. Pelletier; C. Perennes; P.-O. Petrucci; B. Peyaud; Q. Piel; S. Pita; V. Poireau; H. Poon; D. Prokhorov; H. Prokoph; G. Pühlhofer; M. Punch; A. Quirrenbach; S. Raab; R. Rauth; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; Matthieu Renaud; R. de Los Reyes; F. Rieger; L. Rinchiuso; C. Romoli; G. Rowell; B. Rudak; C.B. Rulten; V. Sahakian; S. Saito; D.A. Sanchez; A. Santangelo; M. Sasaki; R. Schlickeiser; F. Schüssler; A. Schulz; U. Schwanke; S. Schwemmer; M. Seglar-Arroyo; M. Settimo; A.S. Seyffert; N. Shafi; I. Shilon; K. Shiningayamwe; R. Simoni; H. Sol; F. Spanier; M. Spir-Jacob; Ł. } Stawarz; R. Steenkamp; C. Stegmann; C. Steppa; I. Sushch; T. Takahashi; J.-P. Tavernet; T. Tavernier; A.M. Taylor; R. Terrier; L. Tibaldo; D. Tiziani; M. Tluczykont; C. Trichard; M. Tsirou; N. Tsuji; R. Tuffs; Y. Uchiyama; D.J. van Der Walt; C. van Eldik; C. van Rensburg; B. van Soelen; George Vasileiadis; J. Veh; C. Venter; A. Viana; P. Vincent; J. Vink; F. Voisin; H.J. Völk; T. Vuillaume; Z. Wadiasingh; S.J. Wagner; P. Wagner; R.M. Wagner; R. White; A. Wierzcholska; P. Willmann; A. Wörnlein; D. Wouters; R. Yang; D. Zaborov; M. Zacharias; R. Zanin; A.A. Zdziarski; A. Zech; F. Zefi; A. Ziegler; J. Zorn; N. Zywucka

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TeV gamma-ray observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with H.E.S.S

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TeV gamma-ray observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with H.E.S.S

H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, E.O. Angüner, M. Arakawa, M. Arrieta, P. Aubert, M. Backes, A. Balzer, …

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol.850(2)

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa97d2

Abstract

Gamma rays: general

Gravitational waves

Gamma-ray burst: general

gamma-ray burst: individual

gamma rays: general

gravitational waves

neutron star: binary

gamma ray: emission

gamma ray: flux

gamma ray: VHE

HESS

gravitational radiation

Cherenkov counter

monitoring

optical

imaging

air

We search for high-energy gamma-ray emission from the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with the H.E.S.S. Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes. The observations presented here have been obtained starting only 5.3 hr after GW170817. The H.E.S.S. target selection identified regions of high probability to find a counterpart of the gravitational-wave event. The first of these regions contained the counterpart SSS17a that has been identified in the optical range several hours after our observations. We can therefore present the first data obtained by a ground-based pointing instrument on this object. A subsequent monitoring campaign with the H.E.S.S. telescopes extended over several days, covering timescales from 0.22 to 5.2 days and energy ranges between to . No significant gamma-ray emission has been found. The derived upper limits on the very-high-energy gamma-ray flux for the first time constrain non-thermal, high-energy emission following the merger of a confirmed binary neutron star system.

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Title: TeV gamma-ray observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with H.E.S.S
Creators - without role: H. Abdalla - North-West University
A. Abramowski - Universität Hamburg
F. Aharonian - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
F. Ait Benkhali
E.O. Angüner - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
M. Arakawa - Rikkyo University
M. Arrieta - Université Paris Cité
P. Aubert - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules
M. Backes - University of Namibia
A. Balzer - University of Amsterdam
M. Barnard - North-West University
Y. Becherini - Linnaeus University
J. Becker Tjus
D. Berge - University of Amsterdam
S. Bernhard - Universität Innsbruck
K. Bernlöhr - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
R. Blackwell - University of Adelaide
M. Böttcher - North-West University
C. Boisson - Université Paris Cité
J. Bolmont - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
S. Bonnefoy
P. Bordas - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
J. Bregeon - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
F. Brun - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
P. Brun - Université Paris-Saclay
M. Bryan - University of Amsterdam
M. Büchele - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
T. Bulik - University of Warsaw
M. Capasso - University of Tübingen
S. Caroff - École Polytechnique
A. Carosi - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
S. Casanova - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
M. Cerruti - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
N. Chakraborty - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
R.C.G. Chaves - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
A. Chen - University of the Witwatersrand
J. Chevalier - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
S. Colafrancesco - University of the Witwatersrand
B. Condon - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
J. Conrad - Stockholm University
I.D. Davids - University of Namibia
J. Decock - Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
C. Deil - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
J. Devin - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
P. Dewilt - University of Adelaide
L. Dirson - Universität Hamburg
A. Djannati-Ataï - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
A. Donath - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
L.O'C. Drury
K. Dutson - University of Leicester
J. Dyks - Polish Academy of Sciences
T. Edwards - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
K. Egberts - University of Potsdam
G. Emery - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
J.-P. Ernenwein - Aix-Marseille Université
S. Eschbach - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
C. Farnier - Linnaeus University
S. Fegan - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
M.V. Fernandes - Universität Hamburg
A. Fiasson - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules
G. Fontaine - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
S. Funk - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
M. Füssling - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
S. Gabici - Université Paris Cité
Y.A. Gallant - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
T. Garrigoux - North-West University
F. Gaté - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules
G. Giavitto
B. Giebels - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
D. Glawion - Heidelberg University
J.F. Glicenstein - Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
D. Gottschall - University of Tübingen
M.-H. Grondin - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
J. Hahn - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
M. Haupt
J. Hawkes - University of Adelaide
G. Heinzelmann - Universität Hamburg
G. Henri - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
G. Hermann - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
J.A. Hinton - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
W. Hofmann - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
C. Hoischen - University of Potsdam
T.L. Holch - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
M. Holler - Universität Innsbruck
D. Horns - Universität Hamburg
A. Ivascenko - North-West University
H. Iwasaki - Rikkyo University
A. Jacholkowska - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
M. Jamrozy - Jagiellonian University
D. Jankowsky - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
F. Jankowsky - Heidelberg University
M. Jingo - University of the Witwatersrand
L. Jouvin - Délégation Paris 7
I. Jung-Richardt - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
M.A. Kastendieck - Universität Hamburg
K. Katarzyński - Nicolaus Copernicus University
M. Katsuragawa - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
U. Katz - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
D. Kerszberg - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
D. Khangulyan - Rikkyo University
B. Khélifi - Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
J. King - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
S. Klepser
D. Klochkov - University of Tübingen
W. Kluźniak - Polish Academy of Sciences
Nu. Komin - University of the Witwatersrand
K. Kosack - Université Paris-Saclay
S. Krakau - Ruhr University Bochum
M. Kraus - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
P.P. Krüger - North-West University
H. Laffon - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
G. Lamanna - Université Savoie Mont Blanc
J. Lau - University of Adelaide
J.-P. Lees - Université Savoie Mont Blanc
J. Lefaucheur - Université Paris Cité
A. Lemière - Université Paris Cité
M. Lemoine-Goumard - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
J.-P. Lenain - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
E. Leser - University of Potsdam
T. Lohse - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
M. Lorentz - CEA Paris-Saclay
R. Liu - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
R. López-Coto - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
I. Lypova
D. Malyshev - University of Tübingen
V. Marandon - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Alexandre Marcowith - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
C. Mariaud - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
R. Marx - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
G. Maurin - Université Savoie Mont Blanc
N. Maxted - University of Adelaide
M. Mayer - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
P.J. Meintjes - University of the Free State
M. Meyer - Stockholm University
A.M.W. Mitchell
R. Moderski - Polish Academy of Sciences
M. Mohamed - Heidelberg University
L. Mohrmann - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
K. Morå - Stockholm University
E. Moulin - Université Paris-Saclay
T. Murach
S. Nakashima - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
M. de Naurois - École Polytechnique
H. Ndiyavala - North-West University
F. Niederwanger - Universität Innsbruck
J. Niemiec - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
L. Oakes - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
P. O'Brien
H. Odaka - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
S. Ohm
M. Ostrowski - Jagiellonian University
I. Oya
M. Padovani - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
M. Panter - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
R.D. Parsons - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
N.W. Pekeur - North-West University
G. Pelletier - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
C. Perennes - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
P.-O. Petrucci - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
B. Peyaud - Université Paris-Saclay
Q. Piel - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules
S. Pita - Délégation Paris 7
V. Poireau - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules
H. Poon - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
D. Prokhorov
H. Prokoph - University of Amsterdam
G. Pühlhofer - University of Tübingen
M. Punch - Linnaeus University
A. Quirrenbach - Heidelberg University
S. Raab - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
R. Rauth - Universität Innsbruck
A. Reimer - Universität Innsbruck
O. Reimer - Universität Innsbruck
Matthieu Renaud - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
R. de Los Reyes - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
F. Rieger - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
L. Rinchiuso - Université Paris-Saclay
C. Romoli - Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
G. Rowell - University of Adelaide
B. Rudak - Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
C.B. Rulten - Délégation Paris 7
V. Sahakian - A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory
S. Saito - Rikkyo University
D.A. Sanchez - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules
A. Santangelo - University of Tübingen
M. Sasaki - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
R. Schlickeiser - Ruhr University Bochum
F. Schüssler
A. Schulz
U. Schwanke - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
S. Schwemmer - Heidelberg University
M. Seglar-Arroyo - Université Paris-Saclay
M. Settimo - Sorbonne Paris Cité
A.S. Seyffert - North-West University
N. Shafi - University of the Witwatersrand
I. Shilon - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
K. Shiningayamwe - University of Namibia
R. Simoni - University of Amsterdam
H. Sol - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
F. Spanier - North-West University
M. Spir-Jacob - Délégation Paris 7
Ł. } Stawarz
R. Steenkamp - University of Namibia
C. Stegmann - University of Potsdam
C. Steppa - University of Potsdam
I. Sushch - North-West University
T. Takahashi - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
J.-P. Tavernet - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
T. Tavernier - Délégation Paris 7
A.M. Taylor
R. Terrier - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
L. Tibaldo - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
D. Tiziani - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
M. Tluczykont - Universität Hamburg
C. Trichard - Aix-Marseille Université
M. Tsirou - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
N. Tsuji - Rikkyo University
R. Tuffs - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Y. Uchiyama - Rikkyo University
D.J. van Der Walt - North-West University
C. van Eldik - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
C. van Rensburg - North-West University
B. van Soelen - University of the Free State
George Vasileiadis - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
J. Veh - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
C. Venter - North-West University
A. Viana - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
P. Vincent - Sorbonne Paris Cité
J. Vink - University of Amsterdam
F. Voisin - University of Adelaide
H.J. Völk - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
T. Vuillaume - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules
Z. Wadiasingh - North-West University
S.J. Wagner - Heidelberg University
P. Wagner - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
R.M. Wagner - Stockholm University
R. White - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
A. Wierzcholska - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
P. Willmann - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
A. Wörnlein - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
D. Wouters - Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
R. Yang - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
D. Zaborov - École Polytechnique
M. Zacharias - North-West University
R. Zanin - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
A.A. Zdziarski - Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
A. Zech - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
F. Zefi - École Polytechnique
A. Ziegler - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
J. Zorn - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
N. Zywucka - Jagiellonian University
Publication Details: The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol.850(2)
Identifiers: 9936535809311
Academic Unit: Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-01669863