Published May 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

Search for neutrino counterparts of gravitational-wave events detected by LIGO and Virgo during run O2 with the ANTARES telescope

  • 1. Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse (France)
  • 2. Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178 (France)
  • 3. Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Rambla Exposició, Technical University of Catalonia, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 4. INFN-Sezione di Genova (Italy)

Description

An offline search for a neutrino counterpart to gravitational-wave (GW) events detected during the second observation run (O2) of Advanced-LIGO and Advanced-Virgo performed with ANTARES data is presented. In addition to the search for long tracks induced by νμ (ν¯μ) charged current interactions, a search for showering events induced by interactions of neutrinos of any flavour is conducted. The severe spatial and time coincidence provided by the gravitational-wave alert allows regions above the detector horizon to be probed, extending the ANTARES sensitivity over the entire sky. The results of this all-neutrino-flavour and all-sky time dependent analysis are presented. The search for prompt neutrino emission within ±500 s around the time of six GW events yields no neutrino counterparts. Upper limits on the neutrino spectral fluence and constraints on the isotropic energy radiated via high-energy neutrinos (from a few TeV to a few tens of PeV) are set for each GW event analysed.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8015-6

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 1-9
ISSN
1434-6052
CODEN
EPCFFB

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