2017ApJ...850L..22A


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2017ApJ...850L..22A - Astrophys. J., 850, L22-L22 (2017/December-1)

TeV gamma-ray observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with H.E.S.S.

ABDALLA H., ABRAMOWSKI A., AHARONIAN F., AIT BENKHALI F., ANGUNER E.O., ARAKAWA M., ARRIETA M., AUBERT P., BACKES M., BALZER A., BARNARD M., BECHERINI Y., BECKER TJUS J., BERGE D., BERNHARD S., BERNLOHR K., BLACKWELL R., BOTTCHER M., BOISSON C., BOLMONT J., BONNEFOY S., BORDAS P., BREGEON J., BRUN F., BRUN P., BRYAN M., BUCHELE M., BULIK T., CAPASSO M., CAROFF S., CAROSI A., CASANOVA S., CERRUTI M., CHAKRABORTY N., CHAVES R.C.G., CHEN A., CHEVALIER J., COLAFRANCESCO S., CONDON B., CONRAD J., DAVIDS I.D., DECOCK J., DEIL C., DEVIN J., DEWILT P., DIRSON L., DJANNATI-ATAI A., DONATH A., DRURY L.O., DUTSON K., DYKS J., EDWARDS T., EGBERTS K., EMERY G., ERNENWEIN J.-P., ESCHBACH S., FARNIER C., FEGAN S., FERNANDES M.V., FIASSON A., FONTAINE G., FUNK S., FUSSLING M., GABICI S., GALLANT Y.A., GARRIGOUX T., GATE F., GIAVITTO G., GIEBELS B., GLAWION D., GLICENSTEIN J.F., GOTTSCHALL D., GRONDIN M.-H., HAHN J., HAUPT M., HAWKES J., HEINZELMANN G., HENRI G., HERMANN G., HINTON J.A., HOFMANN W., HOISCHEN C., HOLCH T.L., HOLLER M., HORNS D., IVASCENKO A., IWASAKI H., JACHOLKOWSKA A., JAMROZY M., JANKOWSKY D., JANKOWSKY F., JINGO M., JOUVIN L., JUNG-RICHARDT I., KASTENDIECK M.A., KATARZYNSKI K., KATSURAGAWA M., KATZ U., KERSZBERG D., KHANGULYAN D., KHELIFI B., KING J., KLEPSER S., KLOCHKOV D., KLUZNIAK W., KOMIN N., KOSACK K., KRAKAU S., KRAUS M., KRUGER P.P., LAFFON H., LAMANNA G., LAU J., LEES J.-P., LEFAUCHEUR J., LEMIERE A., LEMOINE-GOUMARD M., LENAIN J.-P., LESER E., LOHSE T., LORENTZ M., LIU R., LOPEZ-COTO R., LYPOVA I., MALYSHEV D., MARANDON V., MARCOWITH A., MARIAUD C., MARX R., MAURIN G., MAXTED N., MAYER M., MEINTJES P.J., MEYER M., MITCHELL A.M.W., MODERSKI R., MOHAMED M., MOHRMANN L., MORA K., MOULIN E., MURACH T., NAKASHIMA S., DE NAUROIS M., NDIYAVALA H., NIEDERWANGER F., NIEMIEC J., OAKES L., O'BRIEN P., ODAKA H., OHM S., OSTROWSKI M., OYA I., PADOVANI M., PANTER M., PARSONS R.D., PEKEUR N.W., PELLETIER G., PERENNES C., PETRUCCI P.-O., PEYAUD B., PIEL Q., PITA S., POIREAU V., POON H., PROKHOROV D., PROKOPH H., PUHLHOFER G., PUNCH M., QUIRRENBACH A., RAAB S., RAUTH R., REIMER A., REIMER O., RENAUD M., DE LOS REYES R., RIEGER F., RINCHIUSO L., ROMOLI C., ROWELL G., RUDAK B., RULTEN C.B., SAHAKIAN V., SAITO S., SANCHEZ D.A., SANTANGELO A., SASAKI M., SCHLICKEISER R., SCHUSSLER F., SCHULZ A., SCHWANKE U., SCHWEMMER S., SEGLAR-ARROYO M., SETTIMO M., SEYFFERT A.S., SHAFI N., SHILON I., SHININGAYAMWE K., SIMONI R., SOL H., SPANIER F., SPIR-JACOB M., STAWARZ L., STEENKAMP R., STEGMANN C., STEPPA C., SUSHCH I., TAKAHASHI T., TAVERNET J.-P., TAVERNIER T., TAYLOR A.M., TERRIER R., TIBALDO L., TIZIANI D., TLUCZYKONT M., TRICHARD C., TSIROU M., TSUJI N., TUFFS R., UCHIYAMA Y., VAN DER WALT D.J., VAN ELDIK C., VAN RENSBURG C., VAN SOELEN B., VASILEIADIS G., VEH J., VENTER C., VIANA A., VINCENT P., VINK J., VOISIN F., VOLK H.J., VUILLAUME T., WADIASINGH Z., WAGNER S.J., WAGNER P., WAGNER R.M., WHITE R., WIERZCHOLSKA A., WILLMANN P., WORNLEIN A., WOUTERS D., YANG R., ZABOROV D., ZACHARIAS M., ZANIN R., ZDZIARSKI A.A., ZECH A., ZEFI F., ZIEGLER A., ZORN J., ZYWUCKA N. (The HESS Collaboration)

Abstract (from CDS):

We search for high-energy gamma-ray emission from the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with the H.E.S.S. Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes. The observations presented here have been obtained starting only 5.3 hr after GW170817. The H.E.S.S. target selection identified regions of high probability to find a counterpart of the gravitational-wave event. The first of these regions contained the counterpart SSS17a that has been identified in the optical range several hours after our observations. We can therefore present the first data obtained by a ground-based pointing instrument on this object. A subsequent monitoring campaign with the H.E.S.S. telescopes extended over several days, covering timescales from 0.22 to 5.2 days and energy ranges between 270 GeV to 8.55 TeV. No significant gamma-ray emission has been found. The derived upper limits on the very-high-energy gamma-ray flux for the first time constrain non-thermal, high-energy emission following the merger of a confirmed binary neutron star system.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB 170817A - gamma rays: general - gravitational waves - gravitational waves

Simbad objects: 3

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Number of rows : 3
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
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1 NGC 4993 Sy2 13 09 47.6908761600 -23 23 02.314044636   13.34   11.92   ~ 397 0
2 GrW 170817 GWE 13 09 48.0850 -23 22 53.343           ~ 2683 0
3 QSO B1309-216 BLL 13 12 31.5548352888 -21 56 23.389976472 17.56 17.27 17.18     ~ 95 1

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