THE INTERPLANETARY NETWORK RESPONSE to LIGO GW150914

K. Hurley; D. S. Svinkin; R. L. Aptekar; S. V. Golenetskii; D. D. Frederiks; W. Boynton; I. G. Mitrofanov; D. V. Golovin; A. S. Kozyrev; M. L. Litvak; A. B. Sanin; A. Rau; A. Von Kienlin; X. Zhang; V. Connaughton; C. Meegan; T. Cline; N. Gehrels

doi:10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L12

THE INTERPLANETARY NETWORK RESPONSE to LIGO GW150914

K. Hurley, D. S. Svinkin, R. L. Aptekar, S. V. Golenetskii, D. D. Frederiks, W. Boynton, I. G. Mitrofanov, D. V. Golovin, A. S. Kozyrev, M. L. Litvak, A. B. Sanin, A. Rau, A. Von Kienlin, X. Zhang, V. Connaughton, C. Meegan, T. Cline, N. Gehrels

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We have performed a blind search for a gamma-ray transient of arbitrary duration and energy spectrum around the time of the LIGO gravitational-wave event GW150914 with the six-spacecraft interplanetary network (IPN). Four gamma-ray bursts were detected between 30 hr prior to the event and 6.1 hr after it, but none could convincingly be associated with GW150914. No other transients were detected down to limiting 15-150 keV fluences of roughly 5 ×10^-8-5 ×10^-7 erg cm^-2. We discuss the search strategies and temporal coverage of the IPN on the day of the event and compare the spatial coverage to the region where GW150914 originated. We also report the negative result of a targeted search for the Fermi-GBM event reported in conjunction with GW150914.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	L12
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	829
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L12
State	Published - Sep 20 2016

Keywords

gamma-ray burst: general
gravitational waves

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Hurley, K., Svinkin, D. S., Aptekar, R. L., Golenetskii, S. V., Frederiks, D. D., Boynton, W., Mitrofanov, I. G., Golovin, D. V., Kozyrev, A. S., Litvak, M. L., Sanin, A. B., Rau, A., Kienlin, A. V., Zhang, X., Connaughton, V., Meegan, C., Cline, T., & Gehrels, N. (2016). THE INTERPLANETARY NETWORK RESPONSE to LIGO GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 829(1), Article L12. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L12

Hurley, K, Svinkin, DS, Aptekar, RL, Golenetskii, SV, Frederiks, DD, Boynton, W, Mitrofanov, IG, Golovin, DV, Kozyrev, AS, Litvak, ML, Sanin, AB, Rau, A, Kienlin, AV, Zhang, X, Connaughton, V, Meegan, C, Cline, T & Gehrels, N 2016, 'THE INTERPLANETARY NETWORK RESPONSE to LIGO GW150914', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 829, no. 1, L12. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L12

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