We present results from offline searches of Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) data for gamma-ray transients coincident with the compact binary coalescences observed by the gravitational-wave (GW) detectors Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during their first and second observing runs. In particular, we perform follow-up for both confirmed events and low significance candidates reported in the LIGO/Virgo catalog GWTC-1. We search for temporal coincidences between these GW signals and GBM-triggered gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We also use the GBM Untargeted and Targeted subthreshold searches to find coincident gamma-rays below the onboard triggering threshold. This work implements a refined statistical approach by incorporating GW astrophysical source probabilities and GBM visibilities of LIGO/Virgo sky localizations to search for cumulative signatures of coincident subthreshold gamma-rays. All search methods recover the short gamma-ray burst GRB 170817A occurring ∼1.7 s after the binary neutron-star merger GW170817. We also present results from a new search seeking GBM counterparts to LIGO single-interferometer triggers. This search finds a candidate joint event, but given the nature of the GBM signal and localization, as well as the high joint false alarm rate of 1.1 10-6 Hz, we do not consider it an astrophysical association. We find no additional coincidences.

A joint fermi-gbm and ligo/virgo analysis of compact binary mergers from the first and second gravitational-wave observing runs / Hamburg, R., Fletcher, C., Burns, E., Goldstein, A., Bissaldi, E., Briggs, M.S., Cleveland, W.H., Giles, M.M., Hui, C.M., Kocevski, D., Lesage, S., Mailyan, B., Malacaria, C., Poolakkil, S., Preece, R., Roberts, O.J., Veres, P., Von Kienlin, A., Wilson-Hodge, C.A., Wood, J., et al.. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0004-637X. - 893:2(2020), p. 100. [10.3847/1538-4357/ab7d3e]

A joint fermi-gbm and ligo/virgo analysis of compact binary mergers from the first and second gravitational-wave observing runs

Di Giovanni M.;Di Pace S.;Di Palma I.;Drago M.;Frasca S.;Leaci P.;Majorana E.;Mangano V.;Muciaccia F.;Naticchioni L.;Pannarale F.;Rapagnani P.;Ricci F.;
2020

Abstract

We present results from offline searches of Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) data for gamma-ray transients coincident with the compact binary coalescences observed by the gravitational-wave (GW) detectors Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during their first and second observing runs. In particular, we perform follow-up for both confirmed events and low significance candidates reported in the LIGO/Virgo catalog GWTC-1. We search for temporal coincidences between these GW signals and GBM-triggered gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We also use the GBM Untargeted and Targeted subthreshold searches to find coincident gamma-rays below the onboard triggering threshold. This work implements a refined statistical approach by incorporating GW astrophysical source probabilities and GBM visibilities of LIGO/Virgo sky localizations to search for cumulative signatures of coincident subthreshold gamma-rays. All search methods recover the short gamma-ray burst GRB 170817A occurring ∼1.7 s after the binary neutron-star merger GW170817. We also present results from a new search seeking GBM counterparts to LIGO single-interferometer triggers. This search finds a candidate joint event, but given the nature of the GBM signal and localization, as well as the high joint false alarm rate of 1.1 10-6 Hz, we do not consider it an astrophysical association. We find no additional coincidences.
2020
gravitational waves; gamma-ray bursts
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A joint fermi-gbm and ligo/virgo analysis of compact binary mergers from the first and second gravitational-wave observing runs / Hamburg, R., Fletcher, C., Burns, E., Goldstein, A., Bissaldi, E., Briggs, M.S., Cleveland, W.H., Giles, M.M., Hui, C.M., Kocevski, D., Lesage, S., Mailyan, B., Malacaria, C., Poolakkil, S., Preece, R., Roberts, O.J., Veres, P., Von Kienlin, A., Wilson-Hodge, C.A., Wood, J., et al.. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0004-637X. - 893:2(2020), p. 100. [10.3847/1538-4357/ab7d3e]
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