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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Search for Ultra-high-energy Photons from Gravitational Wave Sources with the Pierre Auger Observatory |
Author: | Abdul Halim, A. Abreu, P. Aglietta, M. Allekotte, I. Almeida Cheminant, K. Almela, A. Alvarez-Muñiz, J. Ammerman Yebra, J. Anastasi, G.A. Anchordoqui, L. Andrada, B. Andringa, S. Aramo, C. Araújo Ferreira, P.R. Arnone, E. Arteaga Velázquez, J.C. Asorey, H. Assis, P. Avila, G. Avocone, E. et al. |
Citation: | The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics, 2023; 952(1):91-1-91-11 |
Publisher: | American Astronomical Society |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
ISSN: | 0004-637X 1538-4357 |
Statement of Responsibility: | A. Abdul Halim ... J.A. Bellido ... R.W. Clay ... B.R. Dawson ... T.D. Grubb ... V.M. Harvey ... B.C. Manning ... et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration) |
Abstract: | A search for time-directional coincidences of ultra-high-energy (UHE) photons above 10 EeV with gravitational wave (GW) events from the LIGO/Virgo runs O1 to O3 is conducted with the Pierre Auger Observatory. Due to the distinctive properties of photon interactions and to the background expected from hadronic showers, a subset of the most interesting GW events is selected based on their localization quality and distance. Time periods of 1000 s around and 1 day after the GW events are analyzed. No coincidences are observed. Upper limits on the UHE photon fluence from a GW event are derived that are typically at ∼7 MeV cm−2 (time period 1000 s) and ∼35 MeV cm−2 (time period 1 day). Due to the proximity of the binary neutron star merger GW170817, the energy of the source transferred into UHE photons above 40 EeV is constrained to be less than 20% of its total GW energy. These are the first limits on UHE photons from GW sources. |
Keywords: | Particle astrophysics; ultra-high-energy cosmic radiation; cosmic ray showers; gravitational wave sources; transient sources |
Rights: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/acc862 |
Grant ID: | ARC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc862 |
Appears in Collections: | Physics publications |
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