1. Murchison Widefield Array Limits on Radio Emission from ANTARES Neutrino Events
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Daniele Vivolo, P. Coyle, A. Enzenhöfer, C. Mueller, Antonia Rowlinson, Tommaso Chiarusi, M. Kreter, A. Moussa, G. De Bonis, Gisela Anton, J-J. Aubert, WeiKang Zheng, Damien Dornic, Jos Steijger, Giorgio Riccobene, Alain Klotz, J. Hofestädt, David L. Kaplan, D. Drouhin, B. Baret, R. Coniglione, C. Vallée, J.D. Zornoza, P. Fermani, V. Giordano, C. Pellegrino, D. Turpin, S. Loucatos, Yann Hello, L.A. Fusco, T. Pradier, Oleg Kalekin, P. Migliozzi, Steven Tingay, Ivan Felis, S. Galatà, D. Kiessling, Tara Murphy, Matthias Kadler, E. Visser, J. Schmid, M. Boer, A. Creusot, V. Kulikovskiy, Steve Croft, A. Heijboer, T. Seitz, T. Michael, Thomas Eberl, J. Hossl, Jürgen Brunner, Uli Katz, C. Perrina, C. Hugon, Ingo Kreykenbohm, V. Popa, Marco Circella, A. Kouchner, Miguel Ardid, Jose Busto, B. Vallage, Vincent Bertin, Anne Deschamps, K. Geyer, J. Barrios-Martí, T. Avgitas, J. Zúñiga, Matteo Sanguineti, Paolo Piattelli, M.C. Bouwhuis, C. Sieger, Antonio Capone, S. Adrián-Martínez, Carl W. Akerlof, Alexis Coleiro, P.M. Kooijman, C. Tönnis, M. Tselengidou, C. Racca, Antonio Marinelli, Maurizio Spurio, R. Bruijn, Annarita Margiotta, Ivan Dekeyser, A. Trovato, Juan José Hernández-Rey, M. Marcelin, E. Leonora, Martin Bell, Michel André, A. Le Van Suu, C. Donzaud, J. Carr, Steffen Hallmann, E. Nezri, Stéphane Basa, K. Graf, R. Gracia-Ruiz, Hervé Glotin, I. El Bojaddaini, G.E. Păvălaş, F. Schüssler, A. Gleixner, H. Costantini, M. Taiuti, Arnauld Albert, Th. Stolarczyk, K. Fehn, S. Biagi, L. Caramete, H. van Haren, Christian Tamburini, K. Roensch, C. Distefano, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. de Jong, S. Geisselsöder, C. Lachaud, Jörn Wilms, C. W. James, Stefan Wagner, M. Saldaña, A. Mathieu, Jutta Schnabel, M. Ageron, V. Van Elewyck, A. Sánchez-Losa, Piera Sapienza, R. Bormuth, Dominique Lefèvre, Dominik Elsässer, R. Lahmann, J.A. Martínez-Mora, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Relativiste Théories Expériences Métrologie Instrumentation Signaux (ARTEMIS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MWA and ANTARES and TAROT and ROTSE Collaborations, Centre Tecnològic de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LAB - Laboratori d'Aplicacions Bioacústiques, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Croft, S., Kaplan, D. L., Tingay, S. J., Murphy, T., Bell, M. E., Rowlinson, A., Adrián Martínez, S., Ageron, M., Albert, A., André, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J. J., Avgitas, T., Baret, B., Barrios Martí, J., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bormuth, R., Bouwhuis, M. C., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Carr, J., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coleiro, A., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Bonis, G. De, Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Bojaddaini, I. El, Elsässer, D., Enzenhöfer, A., Fehn, K., Felis, I., Fermani, P., Fusco, LUIGI ANTONIO, Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geißelsöder, S., Geyer, K., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Glotin, H., Gracia Ruiz, R., Graf, K., Hallmann, S., Haren, H. Van, Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández Rey, J. J., Hößl, J., Hofestädt, J., Hugon, C., James, C. W., Jong, M. De, Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Katz, U., Kießling, D., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kreter, M., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lachaud, C., Lahmann, R., Lefèvre, D., Leonora, E., Loucatos, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, Annarita, Marinelli, A., Martínez Mora, J. A., Mathieu, A., Michael, T., Migliozzi, P., Moussa, A., Mueller, C., Nezri, E., Pavalaş, G. E., Pellegrino, Carmelo, Perrina, C., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Riccobene, G., Roensch, K., Saldaña, M., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sánchez Losa, A., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Sieger, C., Spurio, Maurizio, Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, T., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Trovato, A., Tselengidou, M., Turpin, D., Tönnis, C., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Elewyck, V. Van, Visser, E., Vivolo, D., Wagner, S., Wilms, J., Zornoza, J. D., Zúñiga, J., Klotz, A., Boer, M., Le Van Suu, A., Akerlof, C., Zheng, W., High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Adrian-Martinez, S., Andre, M., Aubert, J. -J., Barrios-Marti, J., Bonis, G. D., Bojaddaini, I. E., Elsasser, D., Enzenhofer, A., Fusco, L. A., Galata, S., Geisselsoder, S., Gracia-Ruiz, R., Haren, H. V., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Hossl, J., Hofestadt, J., Jong, M. D., Kiessling, D., Lefevre, D., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Pavalas, G. E., Pellegrino, C., Saldana, M., Sanchez-Losa, A., Schussler, F., Spurio, M., Tonnis, C., Vallee, C., Elewyck, V. V., Zuniga, J., Croft, S, Kaplan, Dl, Tingay, Sj, Murphy, T, Bell, Me, Rowlinson, A, Adrian-Martinez, S, Ageron, M, Albert, A, Andre, M, Anton, G, Ardid, M, Aubert, Jj, Avgitas, T, Baret, B, Barrios-Marti, J, Basa, S, Bertin, V, Biagi, S, Bormuth, R, Bouwhuis, Mc, Bruijn, R, Brunner, J, Busto, J, Capone, A, Caramete, L, Carr, J, Chiarusi, T, Circella, M, Coleiro, A, Coniglione, R, Costantini, H, Coyle, P, Creusot, A, Dekeyser, I, Deschamps, A, De Bonis, G, Distefano, C, Donzaud, C, Dornic, D, Drouhin, D, Eberl, T, El Bojaddaini, I, Elsasser, D, Enzenhofer, A, Fehn, K, Felis, I, Fermani, P, Fusco, La, Galata, S, Gay, P, Geisselsoder, S, Geyer, K, Giordano, V, Gleixner, A, Glotin, H, Gracia-Ruiz, R, Graf, K, Hallmann, S, van Haren, H, Heijboer, Aj, Hello, Y, Hernandez-Rey, Jj, Hossl, J, Hofestadt, J, Hugon, C, James, Cw, de Jong, M, Kadler, M, Kalekin, O, Katz, U, Kiessling, D, Kooijman, P, Kouchner, A, Kreter, M, Kreykenbohm, I, Kulikovskiy, V, Lachaud, C, Lahmann, R, Lefevre, D, Leonora, E, Loucatos, S, Marcelin, M, Margiotta, A, Marinelli, A, Martinez-Mora, Ja, Mathieu, A, Michael, T, Migliozzi, P, Moussa, A, Mueller, C, Nezri, E, Pavalas, Ge, Pellegrino, C, Perrina, C, Piattelli, P, Popa, V, Pradier, T, Racca, C, Riccobene, G, Roensch, K, Saldana, M, Samtleben, Dfe, Sanchez-Losa, A, Sanguineti, M, Sapienza, P, Schmid, J, Schnabel, J, Schussler, F, Seitz, T, Sieger, C, Spurio, M, Steijger, Jjm, Stolarczyk, T, Taiuti, M, Tamburini, C, Trovato, A, Tselengidou, M, Turpin, D, Tonnis, C, Vallage, B, Vallee, C, Van Elewyck, V, Visser, E, Vivolo, D, Wagner, S, Wilms, J, Zornoza, Jd, Zuniga, J, Klotz, A, Boer, M, Le Van Suu, A, Akerlof, C, and Zheng, W
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High energy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Neutrino telescope ,radio continuum: general ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Murchison Widefield Array ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,neutrino ,0103 physical sciences ,neutrinos ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Neutrins ,Neutrinos ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,general [Radio continuum] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,[SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE] ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy ,Galaxy ,Neutron star ,13. Climate action ,Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,FISICA APLICADA ,Neutrino ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Event (particle physics) - Abstract
We present a search, using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), for electromagnetic (EM) counterparts to two candidate high-energy neutrino events detected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope in 2013 November and 2014 March. These events were selected by ANTARES because they are consistent, within 0 degrees.4, with the locations of galaxies within 20 Mpc of Earth. Using MWA archival data at frequencies between 118 and 182 MHz, taken similar to 20. days prior to, at the same time as, and up to a year after the neutrino triggers, we look for transient or strongly variable radio sources that are consistent with the neutrino positions. No such counterparts are detected, and we set a 5 sigma upper limit for low-frequency radio emission of similar to 10(37) erg s(-1) for progenitors at 20 Mpc. If the neutrino sources are instead not in nearby galaxies, but originate in binary neutron star coalescences, our limits place the progenitors at z greater than or similar to 0.2. While it is possible, due to the high background from atmospheric neutrinos, that neither event is astrophysical, the MWA observations are nevertheless among the first to follow up neutrino candidates in the radio, and illustrate the promise of wide-field instruments like MWA for detecting EM counterparts to such events., This scientific work makes use of the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory, operated by CSIRO. We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamatji people as the traditional owners of the Observatory site. Support for the operation of the MWA is provided by the Australian Government Department of Industry and Science and Department of Education (National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy: NCRIS), under a contract with Curtin University, administered by Astronomy Australia Limited. We acknowledge the iVEC Petabyte Data Store and the Initiative in Innovative Computing and the CUDA Center for Excellence sponsored by NVIDIA at Harvard University. D.L.K. and S.D.C. acknowledge support from the US National Science Foundation (grant AST-1412421). We acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a l'enegie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA), Commission Europeenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Region Ile-de-France (DIM-ACAV), Region Alsace (contrat CPER), Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Departement du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the Netherlands; Council of the President of the Russian Federation for Young Scientists and Leading Scientific Schools Supporting Grants, Russia; National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN), Prometeo of Generalitat Valenciana and MultiDark, Spain; Agence de l'Oriental and CNRST, Morocco. We also acknowledge the technical support of Ifremer, AIM, and Foselev Marine for the sea operation and the CC-IN2P3 for the computing facilities. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the OCEVU LabEx, France. We thank Nathan Whitehorn and the anonymous referee for helpful comments.
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