GCN Circular 21785
Subject
LIGO/Virgo G298048: AGILE-GRID analysis of data contemporary to X-ray emission from SSS17a in NGC4993
Date
2017-09-02T16:54:59Z (7 years ago)
From
Francesco Verrecchia at ASDC, INAF-OAR <verrecchia@asdc.asi.it>
F. Verrecchia (SSDC and INAF/OAR), M. Cardillo (INAF/IAPS), A. Bulgarelli
(INAF/IASF-Bo), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), G. Piano
(INAF/IAPS), M. Pilia (INAF/OA-Cagliari), I. Donnarumma (ASI), C. Pittori
(SSDC and INAF/OAR), F. Longo (Univ. Trieste and INFN Trieste), A. Ursi,
G. Minervini, A. Argan, Y. Evangelista (INAF/IAPS), F. Lucarelli (SSDC and
INAF/OAR), N. Parmiggiani, A. Zoli, V. Fioretti, F. Fuschino (INAF/IASF-Bo),
A. Trois (INAF/OA-Cagliari), M. Marisaldi (INAF/IASF-Bo and Bergen
University), A. Giuliani (INAF/IASF-Mi), report on behalf of the AGILE
Team:
We performed a dedicated analysis of AGILE Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector
(GRID) data in response to the detection on 2017-08-26 by Chandra of an
X-ray transient (Troja et al., LVC GCN 21765). This source is coincident
with the optical/IR transient SSS17a (Coulter et al., LVC GCN 21529) possibly
associated with GW170817A.
GRID data analysis covering the SSS17a position was performed in the energy
range 50 MeV - 10 GeV with integration times from 1 to 3 days centered at T0+9
days. Preliminary values of 2-sigma upper limits (UL) are reported below:
3.0e-10 erg cm^-2 s^-1 for a 1-day integration time
(from 26 August 00:00 UT to 27 August 00:00 UT);
1.9e-10 erg cm^-2 s^-1 for a 2-day integration time (from 26 August 00:00
UT to 28 August 00:00 UT);
1.3e-10 erg cm^-2 s^-1 for a 3-day integration time (from 25 August 00:00
UT to 28 August 00:00 UT).
These measurements were obtained with AGILE observing a large portion of
the sky in spinning mode. Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.