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Combined Search for UHE Neutrinos from Binary Black Hole Mergers with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration; Schimp, Michael; Abreu, Pedro; Aglietta, Marco; Albury, Justin M.; Allekotte, Ingomar; Almela, Alejandro; Alvarez-Muniz, Jaime; Alves Batista, Rafael; Anastasi, Gioacchino Alex; Anchordoqui, Luis A.; Andrada, Belén; Andringa, Sofia; Aramo, Carla; Araújo Ferreira, Paulo Ricardo; Arteaga Velazquez, Juan Carlos; Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo; Assis, Pedro; Avila, Gualberto; ... mehr

Abstract:

We present searches for ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrinos (>0.1EeV) with the Pierre Auger Observatory, following up binary black hole (BBH) mergers detected by the LIGO and Virgo detectors via gravitational waves (GWs). In this work, the so-far published BBH~mergers are combined as standard candles with a hypothetical isotropic UHE~neutrino luminosity L(t−t$_{0}$) as a function of the time after the respective merger, t−t$_{0}$. The UHE~neutrino emission spectrum is assumed to follow a power law distribution ∝E$_{v}$$^{-2}$. Using these assumptions, L(t−t$_{0}$) is probed, taking into account the instantaneous effective area of the Pierre Auger Observatory to UHE~neutrinos and the 3D sky localizations of the sources. No UHE~neutrino candidates have been found and upper limits on L(t−t$_{0}$) are obtained for the hypothetical cases of emissions lasting 24 hours and 60 days after the merger, respectively. The corresponding upper limit on the total energy per source emitted in UHE~neutrinos does not depend on the emission duration and demonstrates the competitiveness of the Pierre Auger Observatory with dedicated neutrino telescopes.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000138567
Veröffentlicht am 06.10.2021
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DOI: 10.22323/1.395.0968
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Zitationen: 4
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Astroteilchenphysik (IAP)
Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik (ETP)
Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE)
Publikationstyp Proceedingsbeitrag
Publikationsmonat/-jahr 07.2021
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1824-8039
KITopen-ID: 1000138567
HGF-Programm 51.13.03 (POF IV, LK 01) Kosmische Strahlung Auger
Erschienen in 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021): July 12th – 23rd, 2021, Online – Berlin, Germany
Veranstaltung 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021), Online, 12.07.2021 – 23.07.2021
Verlag Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Seiten Art.-Nr.: 968
Serie Proceedings of Science ; 395
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