LIGO/Virgo S191204r: Upper limits from IceCube neutrino searches
Abstract
Searches [1,2] for track-like muon neutrino events detected by IceCube consistent with the sky localization of gravitational-wave candidate S191204r in a time range of 1000 seconds [3] centered on the alert event time (2019-12-04 17:07:06.092 UTC to 2019-12-04 17:23:46.092 UTC) have been performed. During this time period IceCube was collecting good quality data. No significant track-like events are found in spatial coincidence of S191204r calculated from the map circulated in the 4-Initial notice. IceCube's sensitivity assuming an E^-2 spectrum (E^2 dN/dE) to neutrino point sources within the locations spanned by the 90% spatial containment of S191204r ranges from 0.032 to 0.558 GeV cm^-2 in a 1000 second time window. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer neutrino detector operating at the geographic South Pole, Antarctica. The IceCube realtime alert point of contact can be reached at roc@icecube.wisc.edu [1] Bartos et al. arXiv:1810.11467 (2018) and Countryman et al.arXiv:1901.05486 (2019) [2] PoS(ICRC2019)918 and Braun et al., Astroparticle Physics 29, 299 (2008) [3] Baret et al., Astroparticle Physics 35, 1 (2011)
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019GCN.26335....1I