GCN Circular 29135
Subject
Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Observations of IceCube-201221A
Date
2020-12-22T16:38:26Z (3 years ago)
From
Simone Garrappa at DESY <simone.garrappa@desy.de>
S. Garrappa (DESY-Zeuthen) and S. Buson (Univ. of Wuerzburg) on behalf
of the Fermi-LAT collaboration:
We report an analysis of observations of the vicinity of the high-energy
IC201221A neutrino event (GCN 29102) with all-sky survey data from the
Large Area Telescope (LAT), on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope. The IceCube event was detected on 2020-12-21 at 12:36:53.45
UT (T0) with J2000 position RA = 261.69 (+2.29, -2.50) deg, Decl. =
41.81 (+1.29, -1.20) deg (90% PSF containment). No cataloged >100 MeV
gamma-ray source is located within the 90% IC201221A localization region.
We searched for intermediate (days to years) timescale emission from a
new gamma-ray transient source. Preliminary analysis indicates no
significant (> 5 sigma) new excess emission (> 100 MeV) at the IC201221A
best-fit position. Assuming a power-law spectrum (photon index = 2.0
fixed) for a point source at the IC201221A best-fit position, the >100
MeV flux upper limit (95% confidence) is < 3.3e-10 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for
~12-years (2008-08-04 to 2020-12-21 UTC), and < 3.6e-9 (< 4.1e-8) ph
cm^-2 s^-1 for a 1-month (1-day) integration time before T0.
Since Fermi normally operates in an all-sky scanning mode, regular
monitoring of this source will continue. For these observations the
Fermi-LAT contact persons are S. Garrappa (simone.garrappa at desy.de)
and S. Buson (sara.buson at uni-wuerzburg.de).
The Fermi-LAT is a pair conversion telescope designed to cover the
energy band from 20 MeV to greater than 300 GeV. It is the product of an
international collaboration between NASA and DOE in the U.S. and many
scientific institutions across France, Italy, Japan and Sweden.