| Title: |
Multiwavelength follow-up of a rare IceCube neutrino multiplet |
| Authors: |
Aartsen, MG; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, JA; Ahlers, M; Ahrens, M; Al Samarai, I; Altmann, D; Andeen, K; Anderson, T; Ansseau, I; Anton, G; Archinger, M; Arguelles, C; Auffenberg, J; Axani, S; Bai, X; Barwick, SW; Baum, V; Bay, R; Beatty, JJ; Becker Tjus, J; Becker, K-H; BenZvi, S; Berley, D; Bernardini, E; Bernhard, A; Besson, DZ; Binder, G; Bindig, D; Blaufuss, E; Blot, S; Bohm, C; Boerner, M; Bos, F; Bose, D; Boeser, S; Botner, O; Braun, J; Brayeur, L; Bretz, H-P; Bron, S; Burgman, A; Carver, T; Casier, M; Cheung, E; Chirkin, D; Christov, A; Clark, K; Classen, L; Coenders, S; Collin, GH; Conrad, JM; Cowen, DF; Cross, R; Day, M; de Andre, JPAM; De Clercq, C; del Pino Rosendo, E; Dembinski, H; De Ridder, Sam; Desiati, P; de Vries, KD; de Wasseige, G; de With, M; DeYoung, T; di Lorenzo, V; Dujmovic, H; Dumm, JP; Dunkman, M; Eberhardt, B; Ehrhardt, T; Eichmann, B; Eller, P; Euler, S; Evenson, PA; Fahey, S; Fazely, AR; Feintzeig, J; Felde, J; Filimonov, K; Finley, C; Flis, S; Foesig, C-C; Franckowiak, A; Friedman, E; Fuchs, T; Gaisser, TK; Gallagher, J; Gerhardt, L; Ghorbani, K; Giang, W; Gladstone, L; Glauch, T; Gluesekamp, T; Goldschmidt, A; Gonzalez, JG; Grant, D; Griffith, Z; Haack, C; Hallgren, A; Halzen, F; Hansen, E; Hansmann, T; Hanson, K; Hebecker, D; Heereman, D; Helbing, K; Hellauer, R; Hickford, S; Hignight, J; Hill, GC; Hoffman, KD; Hoffmann, R; Hoshina, K; Huang, F; Huber, M; Hultqvist, K; In, S; Ishihara, A; Jacobi, E; Japaridze, GS; Jeong, M; Jero, K; Jones, BJP; Kang, W; Kappes, A; Karg, T; Karle, A; Katz, U; Kauer, M; Keivani, A; Kelley, JL; Kheirandish, A; Kim, J; Kim, M; Kintscher, T; Kiryluk, J; Kittler, T; Klein, SR; Kohnen, G; Koirala, R; Kolanoski, H; Konietz, R; Koepke, L; Kopper, C; Kopper, S; Koskinen, DJ; Kowalski, M; Krings, K; Kroll, M; Krueckl, G; Krueger, C; Kunnen, J; Kunwar, S; Kurahashi, N; Kuwabara, T; Kyriacou, A; Labare, Mathieu; Lanfranchi, JL; Larson, MJ; Lauber, F; Lesiak-Bzdak, M; Leuermann, M; Lu, L; Luenemann, J; Madsen, J; Maggi, G; Mahn, KBM; Mancina, S; Mandelartz, M; Maruyama, R; Mase, K; Maunu, R; McNally, F; Meagher, K; Medici, M; Meier, M; Menne, T; Merino, G; Meures, T; Miarecki, S; Micallef, J; Momente, G; Montaruli, T; Moulai, M; Nahnhauer, R; Naumann, U; Neer, G; Niederhausen, H; Nowicki, SC; Nygren, DR; Obertacke Pollmann, A; Olivas, A; O'Murchadha, A; Palczewski, T; Pandya, H; Pankova, DV; Peiffer, P; Penek, O; Pepper, JA; Perez de los Heros, C; Pieloth, D; Pinat, E; Price, PB; Przybylski, GT; Quinnan, M; Raab, C; Raedel, L; Rameez, M; Rawlins, K; Reimann, R; Relethford, B; Relich, M; Resconi, E; Rhode, W; Richman, M; Riedel, B; Robertson, S; Rongen, M; Rott, C; Ruhe, T; Ryckbosch, Dirk; Rysewyk, D; Sabbatini, L; Sanchez Herrera, SE; Sandrock, A; Sandroos, J; Sarkar, S; Satalecka, K; Schlunder, P; Schmidt, T; Schoenen, S; Schoeneberg, S; Schumacher, L; Seckel, D; Seunarine, S; Soldin, D; Song, M; Spiczak, GM; Spiering, C; Stachurska, J; Stanev, T; Stasik, A; Stettner, J; Steuer, A; Stezelberger, T; Stokstad, RG; Stoessl, A; Stroem, R; Strotjohann, NL; Sullivan, GW; Sutherland, M; Taavola, H; Taboada, I; Tatar, J; Tenholt, F; Ter-Antonyan, S; Terliuk, A; Tesic, G; Tilav, S; Toale, PA; Tobin, MN; Toscano, S; Tosi, D; Tselengidou, M; Tung, CF; Turcati, A; Unger, E; Usner, M; Vandenbroucke, J; van Eijndhoven, N; Vanheule, Sander; van Rossem, M; van Santen, J; Vehring, M; Voge, M; Vogel, E; Vraeghe, Matthias; Walck, C; Wallace, A; Wallraff, M; Wandkowsky, N; Waza, A; Weaver, Ch; Weiss, MJ; Wendt, C; Westerhoff, S; Whelan, BJ; Wickmann, S; Wiebe, K; Wiebusch, CH; Wille, L; Williams, DR; Wills, L; Wolf, M; Wood, TR; Woolsey, E; Woschnagg, K; Xu, DL; Xu, XW; Xu, Y; Yanez, JP; Yodh, G; Yoshida, S; Zoll, M; Stanek, KZ; Shappee, BJ; Kochanek, CS; Holoien, TW-S; Prieto, JL; Fox, DB; DeLaunay, JJ; Turley, CF; Barthelmy, SD; Lien, AY; Meszaros, P; Murase, K; Kocevski, D; Buehler, R; Giomi, M; Racusin, JL; Albert, A; Alfaro, R; Alvarez, C; Alvarez, JD; Arceo, R; Arteaga-Velazquez, JC; Ayala Solares, HA; Barber, AS; Baustista-Elivar, N; Becerril, A; Belmont-Moreno, E; Bernal, A; Brisbois, C; Caballero-Mora, KS; Capistran, T; Carraminana, A; Casanova, S; Castillo, M; Cotti, U; Coutino de Leon, S; de la Fuente, E; De Leon, C; Diaz Hernandez, R; Diaz-Velez, JC; Dingus, BL; DuVernois, MA; Ellsworth, RW; Engel, K; Fiorino, DW; Fraija, N; Garcia-Gonzalez, JA; Gerhardt, M; Gonzalez Munoz, A; Gonzalez, MM; Goodman, JA; Hampel-Arias, Z; Harding, JP; Hernandez, S; Hui, CM; Huentemeyer, P; Iriarte, A; Jardin-Blicq, A; Joshi, V; Kaufmann, S; Lara, A; Lauer, RJ; Lee, WH; Lennarz, D; Leon Vargas, H; Linnemann, JT; Luis Raya, G; Luna-Garcia, R; Lopez-Coto, R; Malone, K; Marinelli, SS; Martinez, O; Martinez-Castellanos, I; Martinez-Castro, J; Martinez-Huerta, H; Matthews, JA; Miranda-Romagnoli, P; Moreno, E; Mostafa, M; Nellen, L; Newbold, M; Nisa, MU; Noriega-Papaqui, R; Pelayo, R; Pretz, J; Perez-Perez, EG; Ren, Z; Rho, CD; Riviere, C; Rosa-Gonzalez, D; Rosenberg, M; Salesa Greus, F; Sandoval, A; Schneider, M; Schoorlemmer, H; Sinnis, G; Smith, AJ; Springer, RW; Surajbali, P; Tibolla, O; Tollefson, K; Torres, I; Ukwatta, TN; Villasenor, L; Weisgarber, T; Wisher, IG; Wood, J; Yapici, T; Zepeda, A; Zhou, H; Arcavi, I; Hosseinzadeh, G; Howell, DA; Valenti, S; McCully, C; Lipunov, VM; Gorbovskoy, ES; Tiurina, NV; Balanutsa, PV; Kuznetsov, AS; Kornilov, VG; Chazov, V; Budnev, NM; Gress, OA; Ivanov, KI; Tlatov, AG; Rebolo Lopez, R; Serra-Ricart, M; Evans, PA; Kennea, JA; Gehrels, N; Osborne, JP; Page, KL; Abeysekara, AU; Archer, A; Benbow, W; Bird, R; Brantseg, T; Bugaev, V; Cardenzana, JV; Connolly, MP; Cui, W; Falcone, A; Feng, Q; Finley, JP; Fleischhack, H; Fortson, L; Furniss, A; Griffin, S; Grube, J; Huetten, M; Hervet, O; Holder, J; Hughes, G; Humensky, TB; Johnson, CA; Kaaret, P; Kar, P; Kelley-Hoskins, N; Kertzman, M; Krause, M; Kumar, S; Lang, MJ; Lin, TTY; McArthur, S; Moriarty, P; Mukherjee, R; Nieto, D; Ong, RA; Otte, AN; Pohl, M; Popkow, A; Pueschel, E; Quinn, J; Ragan, K; Reynolds, PT; Richards, GT; Roache, E; Rulten, C; Sadeh, I; Santander, M; Sembroski, GH; Staszak, D; Trepanier, S; Tyler, J; Wakely, SP; Weinstein, A; Wilcox, P; Wilhelm, A; Williams, DA; Zitzer, B; Bellm, E; Cano, Z; Gal-Yam, A; Kann, DA; Ofek, EO; Rigault, M; Soumagnac, M |
| Source: |
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS ; ISSN: 1432-0746 |
| Publication Year: |
2017 |
| Collection: |
Ghent University Academic Bibliography |
| Subject Terms: |
Physics and Astronomy; astroparticle physics; neutrinos; gamma-ray burst: general; supernovae: general; galaxies: active; X-rays: bursts; GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; GRB OPTICAL AFTERGLOWS; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE; SWIFT-BAT SURVEY; ALL-SKY SURVEY; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; TIDAL DISRUPTION; ALERT SYSTEM; EMISSION |
| Description: |
On February 17, 2016, the IceCube real-time neutrino search identified, for the first time, three muon neutrino candidates arriving within 100 s of one another, consistent with coming from the same point in the sky. Such a triplet is expected once every 13.7 years as a random coincidence of background events. However, considering the lifetime of the follow-up program the probability of detecting at least one triplet from atmospheric background is 32%. Follow-up observatories were notified in order to search for an electromagnetic counterpart. Observations were obtained by Swift's X-ray telescope, by ASAS-SN, LCO and MASTER at optical wavelengths, and by VERITAS in the very-high-energy gamma-ray regime. Moreover, the Swift BAT serendipitously observed the location 100 s after the first neutrino was detected, and data from the Fermi LAT and HAWC observatory were analyzed. We present details of the neutrino triplet and the follow-up observations. No likely electromagnetic counterpart was detected, and we discuss the implications of these constraints on candidate neutrino sources such as gamma-ray bursts, core-collapse supernovae and active galactic nucleus flares. This study illustrates the potential of and challenges for future follow-up campaigns. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8565178; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8565178/file/8565179 |
| DOI: |
10.1051/0004-6361/201730620 |
| Availability: |
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8565178; https://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8565178; https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730620; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8565178/file/8565179 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.CB82FEA4 |
| Database: |
BASE |