SEARCHING THE GAMMA-RAY SKY FOR COUNTERPARTS TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES: FERMI GAMMA-RAY BURST MONITOR. AND LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF LVT151012 AND GW151226

Racusin JL, Burns E, Goldstein A, Connaughton V, Wilson-Hodge CA, Jenke P, Blackburn L, Briggs MS, Broida J, Camp J, Christensen N, Hui CM, Littenberg T, Shawhan P, Singer L, Veitch J, Bhat PN, Cleveland W, Fitzpatrick G, Gibby MH, Von Kienlin A, Mcbreen S, Mailyan B, Meegan CA, Paciesas WS, Preece RD, Roberts OJ, Stanbro M, Veres P, Zhang BB, Ackermann M, Albert A, Atwood WB, Axelsson M, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Baring MG, Bastieri D, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bonino R, Bregeon J, Bruel P, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caputo R, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Cavazzuti E, Charles E, Chiang J, Ciprini S, Costanza F, Cuoco A, Cutini S, D'Ammando F, De Palma F, Desiante R, Digel SW, Di Lalla N, Di Mauro M, Di Venere L, Drell PS, Favuzzi C, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Gill R, Giroletti M, Glanzman T, Granot J, Green D, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Harding AK, Jogler T, Johannesson G, Kamae T, Kensei S, Kocevski D, Kuss M, Larsson S, Latronico L, Li J, Longo F, Loparco F, Lubrano P, Magill JD, Maldera S, Malyshev D, Mazziotta MN, Mcenery JE, Michelson PF, Mizuno T, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Negro M, Nuss E, Omodei N, Orienti M, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Perkins JS, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Porter TA, Principe G, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Razzaque S, Reimer A, Reimer O, Parkinson PMS, Scargle JD, Sgro C, Simone D, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Spada F, Spinelli P, Suson DJ, Tajima H, Thayer JB, Torres DF, Troja E, Uchiyama Y, Vianello G, Wood KS, Wood M (2017)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Book Volume: 835

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/82

Abstract

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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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States (USA) (US) Universities Space Research Association (USRA) United States (USA) (US) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) University of Maryland United States (USA) (US) Royal Institute of Technology / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Sweden (SE) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) University of Denver United States (USA) (US) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) University of Tokyo Japan (JP) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) University of Birmingham United Kingdom (GB) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) University of Johannesburg South Africa (ZA) Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, MPP) / Max Planck Institute for Physics Germany (DE) Spanish National Research Council / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Spain (ES) Hiroshima University Japan (JP) Rikkyo University / 立教大学 Japan (JP) University of California Santa Cruz United States (USA) (US) Jacobs Technology, Inc. United States (USA) (US) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Italy (IT) Los Alamos National Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany (DE) Open University of Israel / האוניברסיטה הפתוחה Israel (IL) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) University College Dublin (UCD) Ireland (IE) Université Bordeaux 1, Sciences et Technologies France (FR) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet United States (USA) (US) NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc. United States (USA) (US) Carleton College United States (USA) (US) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) / Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Germany (DE) Rice University United States (USA) (US) University of Pisa / Università di Pisa (UniPi) Italy (IT) University of Iceland (UI) / Háskóli Íslands Iceland (IS) University of Orléans / Université d'Orléans France (FR) Praxis, Inc. United States (USA) (US)

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APA:

Racusin, J.L., Burns, E., Goldstein, A., Connaughton, V., Wilson-Hodge, C.A., Jenke, P.,... Wood, M. (2017). SEARCHING THE GAMMA-RAY SKY FOR COUNTERPARTS TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES: FERMI GAMMA-RAY BURST MONITOR. AND LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF LVT151012 AND GW151226. Astrophysical Journal, 835(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/82

MLA:

Racusin, J. L., et al. "SEARCHING THE GAMMA-RAY SKY FOR COUNTERPARTS TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES: FERMI GAMMA-RAY BURST MONITOR. AND LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF LVT151012 AND GW151226." Astrophysical Journal 835.1 (2017).

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