Search for High-Energy Neutrinos from GW170817 with the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope


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The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Advanced Virgo observatories recently discovered gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. A short gamma-ray burst that followed the merger of this binary was also recorded by Fermi gamma-ray burst monitor and International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, indicating particle acceleration by the source. The precise location of the event was determined by optical detections of emission following the merger. We searched for high-energy neutrinos from the merger in the energy range of 1 TeV–100 PeV using the Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector. No neutrinos directionally coincident with the source were detected within ±500 s around the merger time, as well as during a 14-day period after the gravitational wave detection. We derived 90% C.L. upper limits on the neutrino fluence from GW170817 during a ±500 s window centered on the gravitational wave trigger time, and a 14-day window following the gravitational wave signal under the assumption of an E−2 neutrino energy spectrum.

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V. L. Zurbanov

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

V. D. Rushay

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

E. V. Rjabov

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

M. I. Rozanov

St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 190008

E. N. Pliskovsky

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

D. P. Petukhov

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

L. V. Pan’kov

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

A. I. Panfilov

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

E. R. Osipova

Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991

R. A. Mirgazov

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

M. B. Milenin

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950

D. A. Kuleshov

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

G. B. Safronov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

F. Simkovic

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Comenius University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980; Bratislava, 84248

A. V. Zagorodnikov

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

S. A. Yakovlev

EvoLogics

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Germany, Berlin, 13355

B. A. Tarashansky

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

V. A. Tabolenko

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

O. V. Suvorova

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

I. Shtekl

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Czech Technical University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980; Prague, 12800

M. D. Shelepov

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

M. N. Sorokovikov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

A. G. Solovjev

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

B. A. Shoibonov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

A. V. Skurikhin

Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991

V. F. Kulepov

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950

V. A. Kozhin

Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991

Zh.-A. M. Dzhilkibaev

Institute for Nuclear Research

Author for correspondence.
Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

A. N. Dyachok

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

R. Dvornický

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Comenius University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980; Bratislava, 84248

G. V. Domogatsky

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

A. A. Doroshenko

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

N. M. Budnev

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

V. M. Brudanin

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

I. A. Belolaptikov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

R. Bannash

EvoLogics

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Germany, Berlin, 13355

V. M. Aynutdinov

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

A. V. Avrorin

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

L. Fajt

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Comenius University; Czech Technical University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980; Bratislava, 84248; Prague, 12800

S. V. Fialkovsky

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950

A. P. Koshechkin

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

A. P. Korobchenko

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

K. V. Konischev

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

M. M. Kolbin

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

E. V. Khramov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

O. G. Kebkal

EvoLogics

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Germany, Berlin, 13355

K. G. Kebkal

EvoLogics

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Germany, Berlin, 13355

Z. Honz

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980

T. I. Gres

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

K. V. Golubkov

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

A. R. Gafarov

Irkutsk State University

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664003

A. D. Avrorin

Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: djilkib@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312

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