All-sky search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW170104 with the Antares neutrino telescope - The ANTARES Collaboration

A. Albert; M. André; M. Anghinolfi; G. Anton; M. Ardid; J.-J. Aubert; T. Avgitas; B. Baret; J. Barrios-Martí; S. Basa; B. Belhorma; V. Bertin; S. Biagi; R. Bormuth; S. Bourret; M. C. Bouwhuis; H. Brânzaş; R. Bruijn; J. Brunner; J. Busto; A. Capone; L. Caramete; J. Carr; S. Celli; R. Cherkaoui El Moursli; T. Chiarusi; M. Circella; J. A. B. Coelho; A. Coleiro; R. Coniglione; H. Costantini; P. Coyle; A. Creusot; A. F. Díaz; A. Deschamps; G. De Bonis; C. Distefano; I. Di Palma; A. Domi; C. Donzaud; D. Dornic; D. Drouhin; T. Eberl; I. El Bojaddaini; N. El Khayati; D. Elsässer; A. Enzenhöfer; A. Ettahiri; F. Fassi; I. Felis; L. A. Fusco; P. Gay; V. Giordano; H. Glotin; T. Grégoire; R. Gracia Ruiz; K. Graf; S. Hallmann; H. van Haren; A. J. Heijboer; Y. Hello; J. J. Hernández-Rey; J. Hößl; J. Hofestädt; C. Hugon; G. Illuminati; C. W. James; M. de Jong; M. Jongen; M. Kadler; O. Kalekin; U. Katz; D. Kießling; A. Kouchner; M. Kreter; I. Kreykenbohm; V. Kulikovskiy; C. Lachaud; R. Lahmann; D. Lefèvre; E. Leonora; M. Lotze; S. Loucatos; M. Marcelin; A. Margiotta; A. Marinelli; J. A. Martínez-Mora; R. Mele; K. Melis; T. Michael; P. Migliozzi; A. Moussa; S. Navas; E. Nezri; M. Organokov; G. E. Păvălaş; C. Pellegrino; C. Perrina; P. Piattelli; V. Popa; T. Pradier; L. Quinn; C. Racca; G. Riccobene; A. Sánchez-Losa; M. Saldaña; I. Salvadori; D. F. E. Samtleben; M. Sanguineti; P. Sapienza; F. Schüssler; C. Sieger; M. Spurio; Th. Stolarczyk; M. Taiuti; Y. Tayalati; A. Trovato; D. Turpin; C. Tönnis; B. Vallage; V. Van Elewyck; F. Versari; D. Vivolo; A. Vizzoca; J. Wilms; J. D. Zornoza; J. Zúñiga

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5451-z

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Eur. Phys. J. C (2017) 77: 911
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5451-z

Regular Article - Experimental Physics

All-sky search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW170104 with the Antares neutrino telescope

The ANTARES Collaboration

A. Albert¹, M. André², M. Anghinolfi³, G. Anton⁴, M. Ardid⁵, J.-J. Aubert⁶, T. Avgitas⁷, B. Baret⁷, J. Barrios-Martí⁸, S. Basa⁹, B. Belhorma¹⁰, V. Bertin⁶, S. Biagi¹¹, R. Bormuth¹²^,13, S. Bourret⁷, M. C. Bouwhuis¹², H. Brânzaş¹⁴, R. Bruijn¹²^,15, J. Brunner⁶, J. Busto⁶, A. Capone¹⁶^,17, L. Caramete¹⁴, J. Carr⁶, S. Celli¹⁶^,17^,18, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli¹⁹, T. Chiarusi²⁰, M. Circella²¹, J. A. B. Coelho⁷, A. Coleiro⁷^,8^*, R. Coniglione¹¹, H. Costantini⁶, P. Coyle⁶, A. Creusot⁷, A. F. Díaz²², A. Deschamps²³, G. De Bonis¹⁷, C. Distefano¹¹, I. Di Palma¹⁶^,17, A. Domi³^,24, C. Donzaud⁷^,25, D. Dornic⁶, D. Drouhin¹, T. Eberl⁴, I. El Bojaddaini²⁶, N. El Khayati¹⁹, D. Elsässer²⁷, A. Enzenhöfer⁶, A. Ettahiri¹⁹, F. Fassi¹⁹, I. Felis⁵, L. A. Fusco²⁰^,28, P. Gay⁷^,29, V. Giordano³⁰, H. Glotin³¹^,32^,33, T. Grégoire⁷, R. Gracia Ruiz⁷, K. Graf⁴, S. Hallmann⁴, H. van Haren³⁴, A. J. Heijboer¹², Y. Hello²³, J. J. Hernández-Rey⁸, J. Hößl⁴, J. Hofestädt⁴, C. Hugon³^,24, G. Illuminati⁸, C. W. James⁴, M. de Jong¹²^,13, M. Jongen¹², M. Kadler²⁷, O. Kalekin⁴, U. Katz⁴, D. Kießling⁴, A. Kouchner⁷^,33, M. Kreter²⁷, I. Kreykenbohm³⁵, V. Kulikovskiy⁶^,36, C. Lachaud⁷, R. Lahmann⁴, D. Lefèvre³⁷^,38, E. Leonora³⁰^,39, M. Lotze⁸, S. Loucatos⁷^,40, M. Marcelin⁹, A. Margiotta²⁰^,28, A. Marinelli⁴¹^,42, J. A. Martínez-Mora⁵, R. Mele⁴³^,44, K. Melis¹²^,15, T. Michael¹², P. Migliozzi⁴³, A. Moussa²⁶, S. Navas⁴⁵, E. Nezri⁹, M. Organokov⁴⁶, G. E. Păvălaş¹⁴, C. Pellegrino²⁰^,28, C. Perrina¹⁶^,17, P. Piattelli¹¹, V. Popa¹⁴, T. Pradier⁴⁶, L. Quinn⁶, C. Racca¹, G. Riccobene¹¹, A. Sánchez-Losa²¹, M. Saldaña⁵, I. Salvadori⁶, D. F. E. Samtleben¹²^,13, M. Sanguineti³^,24, P. Sapienza¹¹, F. Schüssler⁴⁰, C. Sieger⁴, M. Spurio²⁰^,28, Th. Stolarczyk⁴⁰, M. Taiuti³^,24, Y. Tayalati¹⁹, A. Trovato¹¹, D. Turpin⁶, C. Tönnis⁸, B. Vallage⁷^,40, V. Van Elewyck⁷^,33, F. Versari²⁰^,28, D. Vivolo⁴³^,44, A. Vizzoca¹⁶^,17, J. Wilms³⁵, J. D. Zornoza⁸ and J. Zúñiga⁸

¹ GRPHE, Université de Haute Alsace - Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar, 34 rue du Grillenbreit, BP 50568, 68008, Colmar, France
² Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, Rambla Exposició, 08800, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain
³ INFN-Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genoa, Italy
⁴ Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
⁵ Institut d’Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de les Zones Costaneres (IGIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, C/ Paranimf 1, 46730, Gandia, Spain
⁶ CPPM, Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille, France
⁷ APC, Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
⁸ IFIC-Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de València), c/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
⁹ LAM-Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Pôle de l’Étoile Site de Château-Gombert, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 38, 13388, Marseille Cedex 13, France
¹⁰ National Center for Energy Sciences and Nuclear Techniques, B.P.1382, 10001, R. P. Rabat, Morocco
¹¹ INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS), Via S. Sofia 62, 95123, Catania, Italy
¹² Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
¹³ Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
¹⁴ Institute for Space Science, Măgurele, 077125, Bucharest, Romania
¹⁵ Instituut voor Hoge-Energie Fysica, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Science Park 105, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
¹⁶ INFN-Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Rome, Italy
¹⁷ Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università La Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Rome, Italy
¹⁸ Gran Sasso Science Institute, Viale Francesco Crispi 7, 00167, L’Aquila, Italy
¹⁹ Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed V in Rabat, 4 av. Ibn Battouta, B.P. 1014, 10000, R. P. Rabat, Morocco
²⁰ INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti-Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy
²¹ INFN-Sezione di Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70126, Bari, Italy
²² Department of Computer Architecture and Technology/CITIC, University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain
²³ Géoazur, UCA, CNRS, IRD, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Sophia Antipolis, France
²⁴ Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genoa, Italy
²⁵ Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
²⁶ Laboratory of Physics of Matter and Radiations, University Mohammed I, B.P.717, 6000, Oujda, Morocco
²⁷ Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer Str. 31, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
²⁸ Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy
²⁹ Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, BP 10448, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
³⁰ INFN-Sezione di Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy
³¹ LSIS, Aix Marseille Université CNRS ENSAM LSIS UMR 7296, 13397, Marseille, France
³² Université de Toulon CNRS LSIS UMR 7296, 83957, La Garde, France
³³ Institut Universitaire de France, 75005, Paris, France
³⁴ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Utrecht University, Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ, ’t Horntje (Texel), The Netherlands
³⁵ Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte and ECAP, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Sternwartstr. 7, 96049, Bamberg, Germany
³⁶ Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, 119991, Moscow, Russia
³⁷ Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Aix-Marseille University, 13288, Marseille Cedex 9, France
³⁸ Université du Sud Toulon-Var, CNRS-INSU/IRD UM 110, 83957, La Garde Cedex, France
³⁹ Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia dell’Università, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy
⁴⁰ Direction des Sciences de la Matière-Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l’Univers-Service de Physique des Particules, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
⁴¹ INFN-Sezione di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127, Pisa, Italy
⁴² Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127, Pisa, Italy
⁴³ INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Via Cintia, 80126, Naples, Italy
⁴⁴ Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università Federico II di Napoli, Via Cintia, 80126, Naples, Italy
⁴⁵ Dpto. de Física Teórica y del Cosmos and C.A.F.P.E., University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain
⁴⁶ Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000, Strasbourg, France

^* e-mail: coleiro@apc.in2p3.fr

Received: 5 October 2017
Accepted: 5 December 2017
Published online: 28 December 2017

Abstract

Advanced LIGO detected a significant gravitational wave signal (GW170104) originating from the coalescence of two black holes during the second observation run on January 4th, 2017. An all-sky high-energy neutrino follow-up search has been made using data from the Antares neutrino telescope, including both upgoing and downgoing events in two separate analyses. No neutrino candidates were found within s around the GW event time nor any time clustering of events over an extended time window of months. The non-detection is used to constrain isotropic-equivalent high-energy neutrino emission from GW170104 to less than erg for a spectrum. This constraint is valid in the energy range corresponding to the 5–95% quantiles of the neutrino flux [3.2 TeV; 3.6 PeV], if the GW emitter was below the Antares horizon at the alert time.