Search for Neutrinos in Super-Kamiokande Associated with the GW170817 Neutron-star Merger
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Journal Article
Abstract
We report the results of a neutrino search in Super-Kamiokande (SK) for coincident signals with the first detected gravitational wave (GW) produced by a binary neutron-star merger, GW170817, which was followed by a short gamma-ray burst, GRB170817A, and a kilonova/macronova. We searched for coincident neutrino events in the range from 3.5 MeV to ~100 PeV, in a time window ±500 s around the gravitational wave detection time, as well as during a 14-day period after the detection. No significant neutrino signal was observed for either time window. We calculated 90% confidence level upper limits on the neutrino fluence for GW170817. From the upward-going-muon events in the energy region above 1.6 GeV, the neutrino fluence limit is ${16.0}_{-0.6}^{+0.7}$ (${21.3}_{-0.8}^{+1.1}$) cm−2 for muon neutrinos (muon antineutrinos), with an error range of ±5° around the zenith angle of NGC4993, and the energy spectrum is under the assumption of an index of −2. The fluence limit for neutrino energies less than 100 MeV, for which the emission mechanism would be different than for higher-energy neutrinos, is also calculated. It is 6.6 × 107 cm−2 for anti-electron neutrinos under the assumption of a Fermi–Dirac spectrum with average energy of 20 MeV.
Date Issued
2018-04-09
Date Acceptance
2018-03-29
Citation
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, 2018, 857 (1)
ISSN
2041-8205
Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Journal / Book Title
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Volume
857
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in the ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The definitive publisher authenticated version is available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aabaca
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
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http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000429589100002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Grant Number
PP/E000509/1
ST/J500616/1
ST/K001604/1
ST/M002691/1
ST/N000242/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
astroparticle physics
gravitational waves
neutrinos
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Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN L4
Date Publish Online
2018-04-09