GCN Circular 37128
Subject
Fermi-LAT gamma-ray observations of IceCube-240808A
Date
2024-08-10T07:00:23Z (7 months ago)
From
Leo Pfeiffer at University of Würzburg <pfeiffer.leo@gmail.com>
Via
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L. Pfeiffer (Univ. of Wuerzburg), S. Buson (DESY, Univ. of Wuerzburg), C. Bartolini (INFN Bari), S. Garrappa (Weizmann Institute of Science) and J. Sinapius (DESY) on behalf of the Fermi-LAT collaboration:
We report an analysis of observations of the vicinity of the high-energy IC240808A neutrino event (GCN 37103) 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 2024-08-08 06:32:39.25 UTC (T0) with J2000 position RA = 55.77 (+5.86, -4.83) deg, Decl. = 31.83 (+3.42, -3.91) deg 90% PSF containment. Twelve cataloged >100 MeV gamma-ray sources are located within the 90% IC-240808A localization error (Fourth Fermi-LAT catalog, 4FGL-DR4, The Fermi-LAT collaboration 2023, arXiv:2307.12546). Based on a preliminary analysis of the LAT data over the timescale of one month and one day prior T0, two objects are significantly detected at gamma-rays. These are 4FGL J0357.8+3204 (a.k.a. PSR J0357+3205) and 4FGL J0351.6+2921, associated with the blazar TXS 0330+291.
We searched for the existence of intermediate (days to years) timescale emission from a new gamma-ray transient source. Preliminary analysis indicates no significant (>5sigma) new excess emission (>100 MeV) within the IC240808A 90% confidence localization. Assuming a power-law spectrum (photon index = 2.0 fixed) for a point source at the IceCube best-fit position, the >100 MeV flux upper limit (95% confidence) is <1.37 e-10 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for ~16-years (2008-08-04 / T0), <1.14e-08 (<6.34e-08) 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 this source, the Fermi-LAT contact person is L. Pfeiffer (leonard.pfeiffer at stud-mail.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.