Search for Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Coincidences Using HAWC and ANTARES Data

Abstract

In the quest for high-energy neutrino sources, the Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network has implemented a new search by combining data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory and the Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss environmental RESearch (ANTARES) neutrino telescope. Using the same analysis strategy as in a previous detector combination of HAWC and IceCube data, we perform a search for coincidences in HAWC and ANTARES events that are below the threshold for sending public alerts in each individual detector. Data were collected between 2015 July and 2020 February with a live time of 4.39 yr. Over this time period, three coincident events with an estimated false-alarm rate of <1 coincidence per year were found. This number is consistent with background expectations.The National Science Foundation under grants PHY-1708146PHY-1806854The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos of the Pennsylvania State UniversityCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)Commission Européenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program)Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), LabEx UnivEarthS (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-18-IDEX-0001)Région Île-de-France (DIM-ACAV), Région Alsace (contrat CPER)Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Département du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-MerBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, ResearchDevelopment and Innovation (UEFISCDI)Romania; Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Investigación y Universidades (MCIU)Programa Estatal de Generación de Conocimiento (refs. PGC2018- 096663-B-C41, -A-C42-B-C43-B-C44PID2021- 124591NB-C41-C42-C43(MCIU/FEDER)Generalitat ValencianaPrometeo (PROMETEO/2020/019)Grisolía (refs. GRISOLIA/2018/119, /2021/192)GenT (refs. /2019/043, /2020/049, /2021/023) programs, Junta de Andalucía (ref. A-FQM-053-UGR18)La Caixa Foundation (ref. LCF/BQ/IN17/11620019)MSC program (ref. 101025085)Spain; Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and InnovationThe Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, KuwaitUS National Science Foundation (NSF)The US Department of Energy Office of High-Energy PhysicsLaboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program of Los Alamos National LaboratoryConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT)México, grants 271051, 232656, 260378179588254964258865243290132197A1-S-46288A1- S-22784Cátedras 873, 1563, 341, 323Red HAWC, MéxicoDGAPA-UNAM grants IG101320IN111716-3, IN111419IA102019IN110621IN110521VIEP-BUAPPIFI 2012PROFOCIE 2014, 2015the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationThe Institute of Geophysics, Planetary PhysicsSignatures at Los Alamos National LaboratoryPolish Science Centre grantDEC-2017/27/B/ ST9/02272Coordinación de la Investigación Científica de la Universidad Michoacana; Royal Society—Newton Advanced Fellowship 180385Generalitat Valenciana, grant CIDEGENT/ 2018/034The Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation, NXPO (grant No. B16F630069)Coordinación General Académica e Innovación (CGAI-UdeG)PRODEP-SEP UDGCA- 499; Institute of Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR),University of TokyoNASA under award number 80GSFC21M000

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