Swift follow-up of IceCube triggers, and implications for the advanced-LIGO era

P. A. Evans; J. P. Osborne; J. A. Kennea; M. Smith; D. M. Palmer; N. Gehrels; J. M. Gelbord; A. Homeier; M. Voge; N. L. Strotjohann; D. F. Cowen; S. Böser; M. Kowalski; A. Stasik

doi:10.1093/mnras/stv136

Swift follow-up of IceCube triggers, and implications for the advanced-LIGO era

P. A. Evans, J. P. Osborne, J. A. Kennea, M. Smith, D. M. Palmer, N. Gehrels, J. M. Gelbord, A. Homeier, M. Voge, N. L. Strotjohann, D. F. Cowen, S. Böser, M. Kowalski, A. Stasik

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Between 2011 March and 2014 August Swift responded to 20 triggers from the IceCube neutrino observatory, observing the IceCube 50 per cent confidence error circle in X-rays, typically within 5 h of the trigger. No confirmed counterpart has been detected. We describe the Swift follow-up strategy and data analysis and present the results of the campaign. We discuss the challenges of distinguishing the X-ray counterpart to a neutrino trigger from serendipitous uncatalogued X-ray sources in the error circle, and consider the implications of our results for future strategies for multimessenger astronomy, with particular reference to the follow-up of gravitational wave triggers from the advanced-era detectors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2210-2223
Number of pages	14
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	448
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv136
State	Published - Apr 11 2015

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Space and Planetary Science

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Evans, P. A., Osborne, J. P., Kennea, J. A., Smith, M., Palmer, D. M., Gehrels, N., Gelbord, J. M., Homeier, A., Voge, M., Strotjohann, N. L., Cowen, D. F., Böser, S., Kowalski, M., & Stasik, A. (2015). Swift follow-up of IceCube triggers, and implications for the advanced-LIGO era. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448(3), 2210-2223. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv136

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Evans, PA, Osborne, JP, Kennea, JA, Smith, M, Palmer, DM, Gehrels, N, Gelbord, JM, Homeier, A, Voge, M, Strotjohann, NL, Cowen, DF, Böser, S, Kowalski, M & Stasik, A 2015, 'Swift follow-up of IceCube triggers, and implications for the advanced-LIGO era', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 448, no. 3, pp. 2210-2223. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv136

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