Fermi observations of the LIGO event GW170104

Goldstein, A. et al. (2017) Fermi observations of the LIGO event GW170104. Astrophysical Journal, 846, L5. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa8319)

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Abstract

We present the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the LIGO binary black hole merger (BBH) event GW170104. No candidate electromagnetic counterpart was detected by either GBM or LAT. A detailed analysis of the GBM and LAT data over timescales from seconds to days covering the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) localization region is presented. The resulting flux upper bound from the GBM is (5.2–9.4) × 10−7 erg cm−2 s−1 in the 10–1000 keV range and from the LAT is (0.2–90) × 10−9 erg cm−2 s−1 in the 0.1–1 GeV range. We also describe the improvements to our automated pipelines and analysis techniques for searching for and characterizing the potential electromagnetic counterparts for future gravitational-wave events from Advanced LIGO/Virgo.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Veitch, Dr John
Authors: Goldstein, A., Veres, P., Burns, E., Blackburn, L., Briggs, M.S., Christensen, N., Cleveland, W.H., Connaughton, V., Dal Canton, T., Hamburg, R., Hui, C.M., Jenke, P.A., Kocevski, D., Preece, R.D., Siellez, K., Veitch, J., Wilson-Hodge, C.A., Bhat, N., Bissaldi, E., Gibby, M.H., Giles, M.M., von Kienlin, A., Mailyan, B., Meegan, C.A., Paciesas, W.S., Roberts, O.J., Stanbro, M., and Fermi-LAT Collaboration, .
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Astrophysical Journal
Publisher:American Astronomical Society
ISSN:0004-637X
ISSN (Online):1538-4357

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