Journal article · Preprint article
INTEGRAL Upper Limits on Gamma-Ray Emission Associated with the Gravitational Wave Event GW150914
Université Paris Cité1
University of Geneva2
National Institute for Astrophysics3
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark4
Astrophysics, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark5
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics6
University College Dublin7
European Space Astronomy Centre8
Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées9
Using observations of the INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL), we place upper limits on the gamma-ray and hard X-ray prompt emission associated with the gravitational wave event GW150914, which was discovered by the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration. The omnidirectional view of the INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS has allowed us to constrain the fraction of energy emitted in the hard X-ray electromagnetic component for the full high-probability sky region of LIGO triggers.
Our upper limits on the hard X-ray fluence at the time of the event range from Fγ = 2 x 10-8 erg cm-2 to Fγ = 10-6 erg cm-2 in the 75 keV-2 MeV energy range for typical spectral models. Our results constrain the ratio of the energy promptly released in gamma-rays in the direction of the observer to the gravitational wave energy Eγ/EGW <10-6.
We discuss the implication of gamma-ray limits for the characteristics of the gravitational wave source, based on the available predictions for prompt electromagnetic emission.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2016 |
| Pages: | L36 |
| ISSN: | 20418205 and 20418213 |
| Types: | Journal article and Preprint article |
| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8205/820/2/L36 |
| ORCIDs: | 0000-0003-1429-1059 , 0000-0003-3259-7801 , 0000-0002-6601-9543 , 0000-0002-2017-4396 , 0000-0002-7504-7423 , 0000-0003-2396-6249 , 0000-0003-2931-3732 , 0000-0002-0221-5916 , 0000-0001-9094-0335 and Brandt, Søren |
