A Search for IceCube Sub-TeV Neutrinos Correlated with Gravitational-wave Events Detected By LIGO/Virgo

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Mar 28, 2023
19 pages
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  • Astrophys.J. 959 (2023) 2, 96,
  • Astrophys.J. 971 (2024) 2, 192 (erratum)
  • Published: Dec 11, 2023
    and
  • Published: Aug 20, 2024
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Abstract: (IOP)
The LIGO/Virgo collaboration published the catalogs GWTC-1, GWTC-2.1, and GWTC-3 containing candidate gravitational-wave (GW) events detected during its runs O1, O2, and O3. These GW events can be possible sites of neutrino emission. In this paper, we present a search for neutrino counterparts of 90 GW candidates using IceCube DeepCore, the low-energy infill array of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The search is conducted using an unbinned maximum likelihood method, within a time window of 1000 s, and uses the spatial and timing information from the GW events. The neutrinos used for the search have energies ranging from a few GeV to several tens of TeV. We do not find any significant emission of neutrinos, and place upper limits on the flux and the isotropic-equivalent energy emitted in low-energy neutrinos. We also conduct a binomial test to search for source populations potentially contributing to neutrino emission. We report a nondetection of a significant neutrino-source population with this test.
  • neutrino: particle source
  • energy: emission
  • IceCube
  • gravitational radiation
  • LIGO
  • gravitational radiation detector
  • neutrino: VHE
  • statistical analysis
  • VIRGO
  • observatory