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A First Search for Coincident Gravitational Waves and High Energy Neutrinos Using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES Data from 2007We present the results of the first search for gravitational wave bursts associated with high energy neutrinos. Together, these messengers could reveal new, hidden sources that are not observed by conventional photon astronomy, particularly at high energy. Our search uses neutrinos detected by the underwater neutrino telescope ANTARES in its 5 line configuration during the period January - September 2007, which coincided with the fifth and first science runs of LIGO and Virgo, respectively. The LIGO-Virgo data were analysed for candidate gravitational-wave signals coincident in time and direction with the neutrino events. No significant coincident events were observed. We place limits on the density of joint high energy neutrino - gravitational wave emission events in the local universe, and compare them with densities of merger and core-collapse events.
Document ID
20140011027
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Adrian-Martinez, S.
(Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Valencia, Spain)
Samarai, Al
(Aix-Marseille Univ. Marseille, France)
Albert, A.
(Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar, Colmar, France)
Andre, M.
(Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain)
Anghinolfi, M.
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Genoa, Italy)
Anton, G.
(Erlangen-Nuernberg Univ. Erlangen, Germany)
Anvar, S.
(CEA Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
Ardid, M
(Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Valencia, Spain)
Astraatmadja, T.
(Nationaal Inst. voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energiefysica Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Aubert, J.-J.
(Aix-Marseille Univ. Marseille, France)
Baret, B.
(Observatoire de Paris France)
Basa, S.
(Aix-Marseilles Univ. France)
Bertin, V.
(Aix-Marseille Univ. Marseille, France)
Biagi, S.
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, Italy)
Bigongiari, C.
(Valencia Univ. Spain)
Bogazzi, C
(Nationaal Inst. voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energiefysica Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Bou-Cabo, M.
(Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Valencia, Spain)
Bouhou, B.
(Observatoire de Paris France)
Bowhuis, M. C.
(Nationaal Inst. voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energiefysica Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Bertin, V.
(Erlangen-Nuernberg Univ. Erlangen, Germany)
Brunner, J.
(Aix-Marseille Univ. Marseille, France)
Busto, J.
(Aix-Marseille Univ. Marseille, France)
Blackburn, L.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Camp, J. B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kanner, J. B.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2014
Publication Date
June 1, 2013
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume: 2013
ISSN: 1475-7516
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN11298
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
using LIGO
coincident gravitation
Virgo and ANTARES
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