GCN Circular 35912

S. Garrappa (Weizmann Institute of Science), C. Bartolini (INFN Bari), S. Buson (DESY; Univ. of Wuerzburg), L. Pfeiffer (Univ. of Wuerzburg) and J. Sinapius (DESY) on behalf of the Fermi-LAT collaboration:

We report an analysis of observations of the vicinity of the IC240229A high-energy neutrino event (GCN 35898
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) 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 2024-03-07 at 07:44:57.38 UT (T0) with J2000 position RA = 239.63 (+13.20, -15.22) deg, Decl. = +39.94 (+18.18, -14.92 ) deg (90% PSF containment). Several catalogued gamma-ray (>100 MeV; The Fermi-LAT collaboration 2022, ApJS, 260, 53) sources are located within the 90% IC240307A localization region. Based on a preliminary analysis of the LAT data over the timescale of 1-day prior to T0, these objects are not significantly detected (> 5 sigma).

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 IC240307A best-fit position. Assuming a power-law spectrum (photon index = 2.0 fixed) for a point source at the IC240307A best-fit position, the >100 MeV flux upper limit (95% confidence) is < 3.8e-8 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for a 1-day integration time before T0.

Since Fermi normally operates in an all-sky scanning mode, regular monitoring of this region will continue. For these observations the Fermi-LAT contact persons is S. Garrappa (simone.garrappa at weizmann.ac.il).

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.