Search for Ultra-high-energy Photons from Gravitational Wave Sources with the Pierre Auger Observatory

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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.,Badescu A. M.,Bakalova A.,Balaceanu A.,Barbato F.,Bellido J. A.,Berat C.,Bertaina M. E.,Bhatta G.,Biermann P. L.,Binet V.,Bismark K.,Bister T.,Biteau J.,Blazek J.,Bleve C.,Blümer J.,Boháčová M.,Boncioli D.,Bonifazi C.,Bonneau Arbeletche L.,Borodai N.,Brack J.,Bretz T.,Brichetto Orchera P. G.,Briechle F. L.,Buchholz P.,Bueno A.,Buitink S.,Buscemi M.,Büsken M.,Bwembya A.,Caballero-Mora K. S.,Caccianiga L.,Caracas I.,Caruso R.,Castellina A.,Catalani F.,Cataldi G.,Cazon L.,Cerda M.,Chinellato J. A.,Chudoba J.,Chytka L.,Clay R. W.,Cobos Cerutti A. C.,Colalillo R.,Coleman A.,Coluccia M. R.,Conceiçao R.,Condorelli A.,Consolati G.,Conte M.,Contreras F.,Convenga F.,Correia dos Santos D.,Costa P. J.,Covault C. E.,Cristinziani M.,Cruz Sanchez C. S.,Dasso S.,Daumiller K.,Dawson B. R.,de Almeida R. M.,de Jesús J.,de Jong S. J.,de Mello Neto J. R. T.,De Mitri I.,de Oliveira J.,de Oliveira Franco D.,de Palma F.,de Souza V.,De Vito E.,Del Popolo A.,Deligny O.,Deval L.,di Matteo A.,Dobre M.,Dobrigkeit C.,D’Olivo J. C.,Domingues Mendes L. M.,dos Anjos R. C.,Ebr J.,Emam M.,Engel R.,Epicoco I.,Erdmann M.,Etchegoyen A.,Falcke H.,Farmer J.,Farrar G.,Fauth A. C.,Fazzini N.,Feldbusch F.,Fenu F.,Fernandes A.,Fick B.,Figueira J. M.,Filipčič A.,Fitoussi T.,Flaggs B.,Fodran T.,Fujii T.,Fuster A.,Galea C.,Galelli C.,García B.,Gemmeke H.,Gesualdi F.,Gherghel-Lascu A.,Ghia P. L.,Giaccari U.,Giammarchi M.,Glombitza J.,Gobbi F.,Gollan F.,Golup G.,Gómez Berisso M.,Gómez Vitale P. F.,Gongora J. P.,González J. M.,González N.,Goos I.,Góra D.,Gorgi A.,Gottowik M.,Grubb T. D.,Guarino F.,Guedes G. P.,Guido E.,Hahn S.,Hamal P.,Hampel M. R.,Hansen P.,Harari D.,Harvey V. M.,Haungs A.,Hebbeker T.,Heck D.,Hojvat C.,Hörandel J. R.,Horvath P.,Hrabovský M.,Huege T.,Insolia A.,Isar P. G.,Janecek P.,Johnsen J. A.,Jurysek J.,Kääpä A.,Kampert K. H.,Keilhauer B.,Khakurdikar A.,Kizakke Covilakam V. V.,Klages H. O.,Kleifges M.,Kleinfeller J.,Knapp F.,Kunka N.,Lago B. L.,Langner N.,Leigui de Oliveira M. A.,Lenok V.,Letessier-Selvon A.,Lhenry-Yvon I.,Lo Presti D.,Lopes L.,López R.,Lu L.,Luce Q.,Lundquist J. P.,Machado Payeras A.,Majercakova M.,Mandat D.,Manning B. C.,Manshanden J.,Mantsch P.,Marafico S.,Mariani F. M.,Mariazzi A. G.,Mariş I. C.,Marsella G.,Martello D.,Martinelli S.,Martínez Bravo O.,Martins M. A.,Mastrodicasa M.,Mathes H. J.,Matthews J.,Matthiae G.,Mayotte E.,Mayotte S.,Mazur P. O.,Medina-Tanco G.,Meinert J.,Melo D.,Menshikov A.,Michal S.,Micheletti M. I.,Miramonti L.,Mollerach S.,Montanet F.,Morejon L.,Morello C.,Müller A. L.,Mulrey K.,Mussa R.,Muzio M.,Namasaka W. M.,Nasr-Esfahani A.,Nellen L.,Nicora G.,Niculescu-Oglinzanu M.,Niechciol M.,Nitz D.,Norwood I.,Nosek D.,Novotny V.,Nožka L.,Nucita A.,Núñez L. A.,Oliveira C.,Palatka M.,Pallotta J.,Parente G.,Parra A.,Pawlowsky J.,Pech M.,Pȩkala J.,Pelayo R.,Pereira L. A. S.,Pereira Martins E. E.,Perez Armand J.,Pérez Bertolli C.,Perrone L.,Petrera S.,Petrucci C.,Pierog T.,Pimenta M.,Platino M.,Pont B.,Pothast M.,Pourmohammad Shavar M.,Privitera P.,Prouza M.,Puyleart A.,Querchfeld S.,Rautenberg J.,Ravignani D.,Reininghaus M.,Ridky J.,Riehn F.,Risse M.,Rizi V.,Rodrigues de Carvalho W.,Rodriguez Rojo J.,Roncoroni M. J.,Rossoni S.,Roth M.,Roulet E.,Rovero A. C.,Ruehl P.,Saftoiu A.,Saharan M.,Salamida F.,Salazar H.,Salina G.,Sanabria Gomez J. D.,Sánchez F.,Santos E. M.,Santos E.,Sarazin F.,Sarmento R.,Sato R.,Savina P.,Schäfer C. M.,Scherini V.,Schieler H.,Schimassek M.,Schimp M.,Schlüter F.,Schmidt D.,Scholten O.,Schoorlemmer H.,Schovánek P.,Schröder F. G.,Schulte J.,Schulz T.,Sciutto S. J.,Scornavacche M.,Segreto A.,Sehgal S.,Shivashankara S. U.,Sigl G.,Silli G.,Sima O.,Smau R.,Šmída R.,Sommers P.,Soriano J. F.,Squartini R.,Stadelmaier M.,Stanca D.,Stanič S.,Stasielak J.,Stassi P.,Straub M.,Streich A.,Suárez-Durán M.,Suomijärvi T.,Supanitsky A. D.,Szadkowski Z.,Tapia A.,Taricco C.,Timmermans C.,Tkachenko O.,Tobiska P.,Todero Peixoto C. J.,Tomé B.,Torrès Z.,Travaini A.,Travnicek P.,Trimarelli C.,Tueros M.,Ulrich R.,Unger M.,Vaclavek L.,Vacula M.,Valdés Galicia J. F.,Valore L.,Varela E.,Vásquez-Ramírez A.,Veberič D.,Ventura C.,Vergara Quispe I. D.,Verzi V.,Vicha J.,Vink J.,Vorobiov S.,Watanabe C.,Watson A. A.,Weindl A.,Wiencke L.,Wilczyński H.,Wittkowski D.,Wundheiler B.,Yushkov A.,Zapparrata O.,Zas E.,Zavrtanik D.,Zavrtanik M.

Abstract

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.

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Publisher

American Astronomical Society

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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