FERMI-LAT observations of the ligo event GW150914

Markus Ackermann; Marco Ajello; A. Albert; B. Anderson; M. Arimoto; William B. Atwood; Magnus Axelsson; Luca Baldini; Jean Ballet; Guido Barbiellini; Matthew G. Baring; D. Bastieri; J. Becerra Gonzalez; R. Bellazzini; E. Bissaldi; R. D. Blandford; E. D. Bloom; R. Bonino; E. Bottacini; T. J. Brandt; J. Bregeon; R. J. Britto; Pascal Bruel; R. Buehler; T. H. Burnett; S. Buson; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; R. Caputo; M. Caragiulo; P. A. Caraveo; J. M. Casandjian; E. Cavazzuti; E. Charles; A. Chekhtman; J. Chiang; G. Chiaro; S. Ciprini; J. Cohen-Tanugi; L. R. Cominsky; B. Condon; F. Costanza; A. Cuoco; S. Cutini; F. D’ammando; F. De Palma; R. Desiante; S. W. Digel; N. Di Lalla; M. Di Mauro; L. Di Venere; A. Domínguez; P. S. Drell; R. Dubois; D. Dumora; C. Favuzzi; S. J. Fegan; E. C. Ferrara; A. Franckowiak; Y. Fukazawa; S. Funk; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; D. Gasparrini; N. Gehrels; N. Giglietto; M. Giomi; P. Giommi; F. Giordano; M. Giroletti; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; G. A. Gomez-Vargas; J. Granot; D. Green; I. A. Grenier; M.-H. Grondin; J. E. Grove; Lucas Guillemot; S. Guiriec; D. Hadasch; A. K. Harding; E. Hays; J. W. Hewitt; A. B. Hill; D. Horan; T. Jogler; G. Jóhannesson; T. Kamae; S. Kensei; D. Kocevski; M. Kuss; G. La Mura; S. Larsson; L. Latronico; M. Lemoine-Goumard; J. Li; L. Li; F. Longo; F. Loparco; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; G. M. Madejski; J. Magill; S. Maldera; A. Manfreda; M. Marelli; M. Mayer; M. N. Mazziotta; J. E. Mcenery; M. Meyer; P. F. Michelson; N. Mirabal; T. Mizuno; A. A. Moiseev; M. E. Monzani; E. Moretti; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; M. Negro; E. Nuss; T. Ohsugi; N. Omodei; M. Orienti; E. Orlando; J. F. Ormes; D. Paneque; J. S. Perkins; M. Pesce-Rollins; F. Piron; G. Pivato; T. A. Porter; J. L. Racusin; S. Rainò; R. Rando; S. Razzaque; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; T. Reposeur; S. Ritz; L. S. Rochester; R. W. Romani; P. M. Saz Parkinson; C. Sgrò; D. Simone; E. J. Siskind; D. A. Smith; F. Spada; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; D. J. Suson; H. Tajima; J. G. Thayer; J. B. Thayer; D. J. Thompson; L. Tibaldo; D. F. Torres; E. Troja; Y. Uchiyama; T. M. Venters; G. Vianello; K. S. Wood; M. Wood; G. Zaharijas; S. Zhu; S. Zimmer

doi:10.3847/2041-8205/823/1/L2

FERMI-LAT observations of the ligo event GW150914

Markus Ackermann Marco Ajello ¹ A. Albert ² B. Anderson ³ M. Arimoto William B. Atwood ⁴ Magnus Axelsson Luca Baldini Jean Ballet ⁵ Guido Barbiellini Matthew G. Baring D. Bastieri J. Becerra Gonzalez R. Bellazzini E. Bissaldi R. D. Blandford E. D. Bloom R. Bonino E. Bottacini T. J. Brandt J. Bregeon R. J. Britto ⁶ Pascal Bruel ^{7, 8} R. Buehler T. H. Burnett S. Buson G. A. Caliandro R. A. Cameron R. Caputo M. Caragiulo P. A. Caraveo J. M. Casandjian ⁹ E. Cavazzuti E. Charles ¹⁰ A. Chekhtman J. Chiang G. Chiaro S. Ciprini J. Cohen-Tanugi L. R. Cominsky B. Condon F. Costanza A. Cuoco S. Cutini F. D’ammando F. De Palma R. Desiante S. W. Digel ¹¹ N. Di Lalla ¹² M. Di Mauro ¹³ L. Di Venere A. Domínguez P. S. Drell R. Dubois ¹⁴ D. Dumora ¹⁵ C. Favuzzi S. J. Fegan E. C. Ferrara ¹⁶ A. Franckowiak Y. Fukazawa S. Funk ¹⁷ P. Fusco ¹⁸ F. Gargano D. Gasparrini N. Gehrels N. Giglietto M. Giomi P. Giommi F. Giordano M. Giroletti ¹⁹ T. Glanzman G. Godfrey G. A. Gomez-Vargas J. Granot D. Green I. A. Grenier ²⁰ M.-H. Grondin J. E. Grove Lucas Guillemot ^{21, 22} S. Guiriec D. Hadasch A. K. Harding ²³ E. Hays J. W. Hewitt A. B. Hill D. Horan ²⁴ T. Jogler G. Jóhannesson T. Kamae S. Kensei D. Kocevski M. Kuss ²⁵ G. La Mura ²⁶ S. Larsson ²⁷ L. Latronico M. Lemoine-Goumard J. Li ²⁸ L. Li ²⁹ F. Longo F. Loparco ³⁰ M. N. Lovellette P. Lubrano G. M. Madejski J. Magill S. Maldera A. Manfreda M. Marelli M. Mayer ³¹ M. N. Mazziotta J. E. Mcenery M. Meyer P. F. Michelson ³² N. Mirabal T. Mizuno A. A. Moiseev M. E. Monzani E. Moretti A. Morselli I. V. Moskalenko S. Murgia M. Negro ³³ E. Nuss ³⁰ T. Ohsugi N. Omodei M. Orienti E. Orlando J. F. Ormes D. Paneque J. S. Perkins ³⁴ M. Pesce-Rollins F. Piron ³⁰ G. Pivato T. A. Porter ³⁵ J. L. Racusin S. Rainò R. Rando S. Razzaque A. Reimer O. Reimer T. Reposeur ³⁶ S. Ritz ^{37, 38} L. S. Rochester R. W. Romani P. M. Saz Parkinson ⁴ C. Sgrò ³⁹ D. Simone ⁴⁰ E. J. Siskind D. A. Smith ⁴¹ F. Spada G. Spandre P. Spinelli ⁴² D. J. Suson H. Tajima ⁴³ J. G. Thayer J. B. Thayer D. J. Thompson ⁴⁴ L. Tibaldo D. F. Torres E. Troja Y. Uchiyama ⁴⁵ T. M. Venters G. Vianello K. S. Wood ⁴⁶ M. Wood G. Zaharijas S. Zhu ⁴⁷ S. Zimmer ⁴⁸

1 Stanford University [Stanford]

2 GRPHE - Groupe de Recherche en Physique des Hautes Energies

3 LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory

4 SCIPP - Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics

5 GREThA - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée

6 IPHT - Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681

7 LMAP - Laboratoire de Mathématiques et de leurs Applications [Pau]

8 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

9 AIM - UMR 7158 - UMR E 9005 - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation

10 AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer

11 SLAC - Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

12 UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research

13 Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine

14 IHU-LIRYC

15 GLAST

CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan

16 Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Torino

17 LSHTM - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

18 INFN, sezione di Bari - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, sezione di Bari

19 INAF - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica

20 ENSA Nantes - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes

21 USN - Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay

22 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace

23 GFSC Astrophysics Science Division

24 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet

25 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa

26 DIEE

27 GU - University of Gothenburg

28 CAU - China Agricultural University

29 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)

30 LUPM - Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier

31 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand

32 HEPL - Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory

33 Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

34 University of Botswana

35 Department of Animal and Avian Sciences

36 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan

37 Medical Sciences Division

38 Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur la Biologie, la Santé la Société, et l’Environnement

39 CHU Dijon - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand

40 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique

41 Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation

42 ENSAV - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles

43 Department of Plant Sciences [Davis, CA]

44 Sea Mammal Research Unit

45 Department of Physics [Tokyo]

46 NRL - Naval Research Laboratory

47 Zhejiang University

48 LCFC - Laboratoire de Conception Fabrication Commande

Abstract : The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has an instantaneous field of view (FoV) covering $\sim 1/5$ of the sky and it completes a survey of the entire sky in high-energy gamma-rays every 3 hr. It enables searches for transient phenomena over timescales from milliseconds to years. Among these phenomena could be electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave (GW) sources. In this paper, we present a detailed study of the LAT observations relevant to Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) event GW150914, which is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and has been interpreted as being due to the coalescence of two stellar-mass black holes. The localization region for GW150914 was outside the LAT FoV at the time of the GW signal. However, as part of routine survey observations, the LAT observed the entire LIGO localization region within ~70 minutes of the trigger and thus enabled a comprehensive search for a γ-ray counterpart to GW150914. The study of the LAT data presented here did not find any potential counterparts to GW150914, but it did provide limits on the presence of a transient counterpart above 100 MeV on timescales of hours to days over the entire GW150914 localization region.

Keywords : ravitational waves methods: observational gamma rays: general

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