Follow-up of Astrophysical Transients in Real Time with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Authors

R. Abbasi, Loyola University of ChicagoFollow
M. Ackermann, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)Follow
J. Adams, University of CanterburyFollow
J. A. Aguilar, Université Libre de BruxellesFollow
M. Ahlers, Niels Bohr InstitutetFollow
M. Ahrens, Stockholms universitet
C. Alispach, Université de GenèveFollow
A. A. Alves, Karlsruher Institut für TechnologieFollow
N. M. Amin, The Bartol Research InstituteFollow
R. An, Harvard UniversityFollow
K. Andeen, Marquette UniversityFollow
T. Anderson, Pennsylvania State University
I. Ansseau, Université Libre de Bruxelles
G. Anton, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
C. Argüelles, Harvard University
S. Axani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
X. Bai, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
A. Balagopal V., University of Wisconsin-MadisonFollow
A. Barbano, Université de Genève
S. W. Barwick, University of California, Irvine
B. Bastian, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
V. Basu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
V. Baum, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
S. Baur, Université Libre de Bruxelles
R. Bay, University of California, Berkeley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-20-2021

Publication Title

Astrophysical Journal

Volume

910

Issue

1

Abstract

In multi-messenger astronomy, rapid investigation of interesting transients is imperative. As an observatory with a 4π steradian field of view, and ∼99% uptime, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a unique facility to follow up transients, as well as to provide valuable insights for other observatories and inform their observational decisions. Since 2016, IceCube has been using low-latency data to rapidly respond to interesting astrophysical events reported by the multi-messenger observational community. Here, we describe the pipeline used to perform these followup analyses, and provide a summary of the 58 analyses performed as of July 2020. We find no significant signal in the first 58 analyses performed. The pipeline has helped inform various electromagnetic observation strategies, and has constrained neutrino emission from potential hadronic cosmic accelerators.

Identifier

85103613997 (Scopus)

Recommended Citation

Abbasi, R.; Ackermann, M.; Adams, J.; Aguilar, J. A.; Ahlers, M.; Ahrens, M.; Alispach, C.; Alves, A. A.; Amin, N. M.; An, R.; Andeen, K.; Anderson, T.; Ansseau, I.; Anton, G.; Argüelles, C.; Axani, S.; Bai, X.; Balagopal V., A.; Barbano, A.; Barwick, S. W.; Bastian, B.; Basu, V.; Baum, V.; Baur, S.; and Bay, R., "Follow-up of Astrophysical Transients in Real Time with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory" (2021). Physics: Faculty Publications and Other Works. 96.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/physics_facpubs/96