A first search for coincident gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007

S. Adrián-Martínez, I. Al Samarai, A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinol, G. Anton, S. Anvar, M. Ardid, T.L. Astraatmadja, J.J. Aubert, B. Baret, S. Basa, V. Bertin, S.F. Biagi, C. Bigongiari, C. Bogazzi, M. Bou-Cabo, B. Bouhou, M.C. Bouwhuis, J. BrunnerJ. Busto, A. Capone, C. Cârloganu, J. Carr, S. Cecchini, Z. Charif, P.H. Charvis, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Coniglione, L. Core, H. Costantini, P.A. Coyle, A. Creusot, C. Curtil, G. De Bonis, M.P. Decowski, I.J. Dekeyser, A.E. Deschamps, C. Distefano, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, Q. Dorosti, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, U. Emanuele, A. Enzenhöfer, J.P. Ernenwein, S. Escoffier, K. Fehn, P. Fermani, M. Ferri, S. Ferry, V. Flaminio, F. Folger, U. Fritsch, J.L. Fuda, S. Galatà, P. Gay, K. Geyer, G.M. Giacomelli, V.M. Giordano, J.P. Gómez-González, K. Graf, G. Guillard, G.D. Hallewell, M. Hamal, H. Van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, B. Herold, J. Höß, C. Hsu, M.S. De Jong, M. Kadler, O.P. Kalekin, A. Kappes, U.F. Katz, O. 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Abstract

We 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. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-39
JournalJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume2013
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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