GCN Circular 45420
Subject
Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Observations of IceCube-260807A
Event
Date
2026-08-22T15:52:10Z (9 days ago)
From
Simone Garrappa at Weizmann Institute of Science <simone.garrappa@weizmann.ac.il>
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L. Pfeiffer (Univ. of Wuerzburg), S. Buson (DESY, Univ. of Wuerzburg), S. Garrappa (Weizmann Institute of Science) and C. Bartolini (INFN Bari) on behalf of the Fermi-LAT collaboration:
We report an analysis of observations of the vicinity of the high-energy IC260807A neutrino event (GCN 45307) 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 2026-08-07 at 06:04:41.70 UTC (T0) with J2000 position RA = 325.37 (+4.26, -7.82) deg, Decl. = 0.07 (+0.98, -1.77) deg 90% PSF containment (J2000). Five cataloged gamma-ray sources are found within the 90% IC260807A localization error (FL16Y, The Fermi-LAT 16 Year Source List, The Fermi-LAT collaboration 2026, arXiv:2602.22148). Based on a preliminary analysis of the LAT data over the timescale of one month and one day prior T0, these objects are not significantly detected at gamma-rays.
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 IC260807A 90% confidence localization. Assuming a power-law spectrum (photon index = 2.0 fixed) for a point source at the IC260807A best-fit position, the >100 MeV flux upper limit (95% confidence) is < 1.7e-10 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for ~18-years (2008-08-04 / T0), <1.2e-08 (<5.5e-07) 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 analysis, the Fermi-LAT contact person is L. Pfeiffer (leonard.pfeiffer 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.