LIGO/Virgo S190512at
GCN Circular 24615
Subject
LIGO/Virgo S190512at: SVOM/GWAC-F60A observations
Date
2019-05-20T22:38:43Z (7 years ago)
From
Xiang-Gao Wang at GuangXi U <wangxg@gxu.edu.cn>
X.G. Wang (GXU), X.H. Han (NAOC), L.P. Xin (NAOC), J.Y. Wei (NAOC), C. Wu (NAOC), D. Turpin (NAOC), N. LEROY (CNRS/LAL), S. ANTIER (CNRS/APC/CNES), L. Huang (NAOC), Y. Xu (NAOC), H.B. Cai (NAOC), J. Wang (NAOC), X.M. Lu (NAOC), Y.L. Qiu (NAOC), J.S. Deng (NAOC), L. Jia (NAOC), S.C. Zou (NAOC), S.F. Liu (NAOC), Q.C. Feng (NAOC), H.L. Li (NAOC), D.W. Xu (NAOC), Y.J. Xiao (NAOC), W.L. Dong (NAOC), Y.T. Zheng (NAOC), P. P. Zhang (NAOC), R.S. Zhang (NAOC), E.W. Liang (GXU), Z.G. Dai (NJU), X.Y. Wang (NJU), Y.G. Yang (HBNU), J.R. Mao (YNAO), B. Cordier (CEA/AIM), S. Basa (CNRS/LAM), J.L. Atteia (UPS/IRAP),D. Gotz (CEA/AIM), A. Claret (CEA/AIM), C. Lachaud (CNRS/APC), R. Duque (CNRS/IAP), N. Dagoneau (CEA/AIM) S.N. Zhang (IHEP), B.B. Wu (IHEP), report on behalf of the SVOM Ground Follow-up Group:
We observed the LIGO/Virgo trigger S190512at (GCN #24503) with GWAC-F60A. Two 60cm GWAC-F60(A/B) are operated by Guangxi University and NAOC, CAS, at Xinglong Observatory. China. They are equipped with Standard
Johnson filters and 2Kx2K Andor CCD (FOV~18x18 arcmin). GWAC-F60(A/B) are used for galaxy-targeted observations. The galaxies are selected from the GLADE catalog (Version 2.3, Dalya et al. 2018) in the probability skymap of GW event. All these galaxies were observed in clear band.
The first image was taken ~19.7 hours after the event trigger time T0=2019-05-12 18:07:14 UTC. No credible new source was detected in our pipeline. A total number of 43 galaxies were observed. The coordinates (J2000) of galaxies, the observation time, the limit magnitude (3sigma) and telescopes are listed below:
No. RA DEC Start-obs(UTC) Limit (R) Telescope
1 14:36:42.001 +09:55:45.26 2019-05-13T12:48:33.079 19.59 F60A
2 14:38:47.519 +10:07:17.04 2019-05-13T13:59:47.864 18.46 F60A
3 15:06:45.119 -01:13:54.23 2019-05-13T12:58:55.753 19.10 F60A
4 14:44:29.281 +04:44:40.85 2019-05-13T12:37:01.477 19.24 F60A
5 15:11:41.039 -03:53:54.74 2019-05-13T15:18:18.559 19.27 F60A
6 14:41:26.880 +09:15:27.54 2019-05-13T19:34:49.642 18.24 F60A
7 14:33:06.001 +09:40:09.84 2019-05-13T12:42:46.387 19.24 F60A
8 14:52:11.521 +02:18:38.34 2019-05-13T17:38:24.972 19.25 F60A
9 14:47:03.599 +05:35:25.04 2019-05-13T14:06:27.778 19.76 F60A
10 14:41:04.081 +07:42:45.22 2019-05-13T15:52:57.033 19.37 F60A
11 14:34:30.241 +10:52:33.96 2019-05-13T16:22:25.302 19.01 F60A
12 14:59:57.599 -01:27:03.74 2019-05-13T14:41:19.946 19.76 F60A
13 15:09:39.121 -03:10:39.29 2019-05-13T13:04:32.492 18.76 F60A
14 15:17:08.401 -07:34:10.88 2019-05-13T16:27:42.187 18.91 F60A
15 15:10:43.680 -04:56:05.24 2019-05-13T18:20:32.299 19.40 F60A
16 15:05:41.039 -04:53:12.30 2019-05-13T14:23:45.297 19.54 F60A
17 15:07:06.960 -04:31:52.07 2019-05-13T14:12:11.179 19.36 F60A
18 14:59:18.960 +00:44:08.88 2019-05-13T15:30:56.668 19.28 F60A
19 14:41:17.279 +07:47:49.56 2019-05-13T19:12:41.070 19.03 F60A
20 14:43:29.521 +07:54:22.00 2019-05-13T18:29:10.610 19.43 F60A
21 14:36:18.479 +10:36:02.16 2019-05-13T14:35:29.636 19.70 F60A
22 14:45:29.761 +07:48:44.10 2019-05-13T18:43:34.454 19.87 F60A
23 15:05:42.961 -03:49:32.30 2019-05-13T18:07:18.669 19.34 F60A
24 15:20:03.599 -07:42:09.43 2019-05-13T14:29:34.082 19.04 F60A
25 15:24:07.920 -08:08:10.64 2019-05-13T14:17:57.171 19.00 F60A
26 15:29:28.799 -11:21:48.96 2019-05-13T15:24:50.133 19.28 F60A
27 14:38:47.519 +10:07:17.04 2019-05-13T13:59:47.864 18.46 F60A
28 15:11:41.039 -03:53:54.74 2019-05-13T15:18:18.559 19.27 F60A
29 14:41:26.880 +09:15:27.54 2019-05-13T19:34:49.642 18.24 F60A
30 14:52:11.521 +02:18:38.34 2019-05-13T17:38:24.972 19.25 F60A
31 14:47:03.599 +05:35:25.04 2019-05-13T14:06:27.778 19.76 F60A
32 14:41:04.081 +07:42:45.22 2019-05-13T15:52:57.033 19.37 F60A
33 14:34:30.241 +10:52:33.96 2019-05-13T16:22:25.302 19.01 F60A
34 14:59:57.599 -01:27:03.74 2019-05-13T14:41:19.946 19.76 F60A
35 15:17:08.401 -07:34:10.88 2019-05-13T16:27:42.187 18.91 F60A
36 15:10:43.680 -04:56:05.24 2019-05-13T18:20:32.299 19.40 F60A
37 15:05:41.039 -04:53:12.30 2019-05-13T14:23:45.297 19.54 F60A
38 15:07:06.960 -04:31:52.07 2019-05-13T14:12:11.179 19.36 F60A
39 14:59:18.960 +00:44:08.88 2019-05-13T15:30:56.668 19.28 F60A
40 14:41:17.279 +07:47:49.56 2019-05-13T19:12:41.070 19.03 F60A
41 14:43:29.521 +07:54:22.00 2019-05-13T18:29:10.610 19.43 F60A
42 14:36:18.479 +10:36:02.16 2019-05-13T14:35:29.636 19.70 F60A
43 14:45:29.761 +07:48:44.10 2019-05-13T18:43:34.454 19.87 F60A
This circular is citable.
GCN Circular 24584
Subject
LIGO/Virgo S190512at: Updated sky localization
Date
2019-05-17T17:42:03Z (7 years ago)
From
Deep Chatterjee at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee <deep@uwm.edu>
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration report:
We have re-analyzed LIGO and Virgo data around the time of the compact
binary coalescence (CBC) candidate S190512at (GCN 24503). Parameter
estimation has been performed using LALInference [1] and a new sky map,
LALInference.fits.gz, distributed via GCN Notice, is available for
retrieval from the GraceDB event page:
https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S190512at
The preferred skymap at this time is LALInference.fits.gz. For the
LALInference.fits.gz skymap, the 90% credible region is 252 deg2.
Marginalized over the whole sky, the a posteriori luminosity distance
estimate is 1388 +/- 322 Mpc (a posteriori mean +/- standard
deviation).
For further information about analysis methodology and the contents of
this alert, refer to the LIGO/Virgo Public Alerts User Guide
<https://emfollow.docs.ligo.org/userguide/>.
[1] Veitch et al. PRD 91, 042003 (2015)
GCN Circular 24531
Subject
LIGO/Virgo S190512at: CALET Observations
Date
2019-05-14T03:46:33Z (7 years ago)
From
Yuta Kawakubo at Louisiana State U./CALET <kawakubo1@lsu.edu>
A. Yoshida, T. Sakamoto, V. Pal'shin, S. Sugita (AGU),
Y. Kawakubo (LSU), K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U),
S. Nakahira (RIKEN), Y. Asaoka, S. Ozawa,
S. Torii (Waseda U), Y. Shimizu,
T. Tamura (Kanagawa U), N. Cannady (GSFC/UMBC),
M. L. Cherry (LSU), S. Ricciarini (U of Florence),
P. S. Marrocchesi (U of Siena),
and the CALET collaboration:
The CALET Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (CGBM) was operating at the
trigger time of S190512at T0=2019-05-12 18:07:14.422UT (The LIGO
Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, GCN Circ. 24503).
No CGBM on-board trigger occurred around the event time. Based
on the LIGO-Virgo localization sky map, most of the part of the high
probability area was inside of the field-of-view of SGM. The
summed LIGO probabilities inside the HXM and the SGM field of
view are 19% and 95% (and 0% credible region of the initial
localization map were Earth-occulted). The HXM and SGM field of
views were centered at RA=205.5 deg, Dec = 44.8 deg and
RA=214.9 deg, Dec=37.7 deg at T0.
Based on the analysis of the light curve data with 0.125 sec
time resolution from T0-60 sec to T0+60 sec, we found no
significant excess around the trigger time in either the
HXM (7-3000 keV) or the SGM (40 keV - 28 MeV) data.
The CALET Calorimeter (CAL) was operating in high energy trigger mode
at the trigger time of S190512at. Using CAL data, we have searched for
gamma-ray events in the 10-100 GeV band from -60 sec to +60 sec
from the GW trigger time and found no candidates.
The 90% upper limit of CAL is 1.9x10^-5 erg/cm2/s (10-100 GeV) when
the summed LIGO-Virgo probability reaches 10%.
The CAL FOV was centered at RA=214.9 deg, Dec=37.7 deg at T0.
GCN Circular 24518
Subject
LIGO/Virgo S190512at: Swift/BAT Counterpart Search
Date
2019-05-13T15:22:16Z (7 years ago)
From
Amy Lien at GSFC <amy.y.lien@nasa.gov>
T. Sakamoto (AGU), S. D. Barthelmy (NASA/GSFC),
A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), D. M. Palmer (LANL),
A. A. Breeveld (MSSL-UCL), A. P. Beardmore (U. Leicester),
D. N. Burrows (PSU), S. Campana (INAF-OAB), S. B. Cenko (NASA/GSFC),
G. Cusumano (INAF-IASF PA), A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA),
P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), V. D'Elia(ASDC), S. Emery (UCL-MSSL),
P. A. Evans (U. Leicester), P. Giommi (ASI), C. Gronwall (PSU),
D. Hartmann (Clemson U.), J. A. Kennea (PSU), H. A. Krimm (NSF),
N. P. M. Kuin (UCL-MSSL), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC),
A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), B. Mingo (U. Leicester), J. A. Nousek (PSU),
S. R. Oates (Uni. of Warwick), P. T. O'Brien (U. Leicester),
J. P. Osborne (U. Leicester), C. Pagani (U. Leicester),
K. L. Page (U.Leicester), M. Perri (ASDC),
J. L. Racusin (NASA/GSFC), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU),
M. H. Siegel (PSU), G. Tagliaferri (INAF-OAB), A. Tohuvavohu (PSU),
E. Troja (NASA/GSFC/UMCP) report on behalf of the Swift team:
We report the search results in the BAT data within T0 +/- 100 s of the
LVC event S190512at (LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration GCN Circ. 24503),
where T0 is the LVC trigger time (2019-05-12T18:07:14.422 UTC).
The center of the BAT FOV at T0 is
RA = 92.704 deg,
DEC = -30.367 deg,
ROLL = 302.899 deg.
The BAT Field of View (>10% partial coding) covers 0.00% of the integrated
LVC localization probability, and 0.00% of the galaxy convolved
probability (Evans et al. 2016).
Within T0 +/- 100 s, no significant detections (signal-to-noise ratio
>~ 5 sigma) are found in the BAT raw light curves with time bins of 64 ms,
1 s, and 1.6 s. Assuming an on-axis (100% coded) short GRB with a typical
spectrum in the BAT energy range (i.e., a simple power-law model with a
power-law index of -1.32, Lien & Sakamoto et al. 2016), the 5-sigma upper
limit in the 1-s binned light curve corresponds to a flux upper limit
(15-350 keV) of ~ 7.12 x 10^-8 erg/s/cm^2.
No event data are available at this point.
BAT retains decreased, but significant, sensitivity to rate increases for
gamma-ray events outside of its FOV. About 94.73% of the integrated LVC
localization probability was outside of the BAT FOV but above the
Earth's limb from Swift's location, and the corresponding flux upper limits
for this region are within roughly an order of magnitude higher than those
within the FOV.
The results of the BAT analysis are available at
https://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/results/BATbursts/team_web/S190512at/web/source.html
GCN Circular 24516
Subject
LIGO/Virgo S190512at: ANTARES neutrino search
Date
2019-05-13T10:16:14Z (7 years ago)
From
Damien Dornic at CPPM,France <dornic@cppm.in2p3.fr>
M. Ageron (CPPM/CNRS), B. Baret (APC/CNRS), A. Coleiro (APC/Universite Paris Diderot), M. Colomer (APC/Universite Paris Diderot)), D. Dornic (CPPM/CNRS), A. Kouchner (APC/Universite Paris Diderot), T. Pradier (IPHC/Universite de Strasbourg) report on behalf of the ANTARES Collaboration:
Using on-line data from the ANTARES detector, we have performed a follow-up analysis of the recently reported LIGO/Virgo S190512at event using the 90% contour of the initial bayestar probability map provided by the GW interferometers (GCN#24503). The ANTARES visibility at the time of the alert, together with the 50% and 90% contours of the probability map are shown in https://www.cppm.in2p3.fr/~dornic/events_runo3/S190512at.png <https://www.cppm.in2p3.fr/~dornic/events_runo3/S190512at.png>. Considering the location probability provided by the LIGO/Virgo collaborations, there is a 83% chance that the GW emitter was in the ANTARES **upgoing** field of view at the time of the alert.
No up-going muon neutrino candidate events were recorded in the ANTARES sky during a +/- 500s time-window centered on the time (2019-05-12 18:07:14 UT) and in the 90% contour of the S190512at event. The expected number of atmospheric background events in the region visible by ANTARES is 1.6e-4 in the +/- 500s time window. An extended search during +/- 1 hour gives no up-going muon neutrino coincidence. The expected number of atmospheric background events in the region visible by ANTARES is 1.2e-3 in this larger time window.
ANTARES is the largest undersea neutrino detector, installed in the Mediterranean Sea, and it is primarily sensitive to neutrinos in the TeV-PeV energy range. At 10 TeV, the median angular resolution for muon neutrinos is about 0.5 degrees. In the range 1-100 TeV ANTARES has a competitive sensitivity to this position in the sky.
GCN Circular 24515
Subject
LIGO/Virgo S190512at: Fermi-LAT search for a high-energy gamma-ray counterpart
Date
2019-05-13T10:01:22Z (7 years ago)
From
Magnus Axelsson at Stockholm U. <magaxe@kth.se>
M. Axelsson (KTH and Stockholm Univ.), D. Kocevski (NASA/MSFC) and F. Dirirsa (Univ. of Johannesburg) report on behalf of the Fermi-LAT collaboration:
We have searched data collected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) on May 12, 2019, for possible high-energy (E > 100 MeV) gamma-ray emission in spatial/temporal coincidence with the LIGO/Virgo trigger S190512at (GCN 24503).
We define "instantaneous coverage" as the integral over the region of the LIGO probability map that is within the LAT field of view at a given a time, and "cumulative coverage" as the integral of the instantaneous coverage over time.
At the time of the trigger (T0 = 2019-05-12 18:07:14.422 UTC), the entire LIGO probability region was either obscured by the Earth or outside the Fermi-LAT field of view. Coverage of the region started around T0 + 1000 s, and reached 100% cumulative coverage at approximately T0 + 7 ks.
We performed a search for a transient counterpart within the observed region of the 90% contour of the LIGO map in a fixed time window from T0 + 1 ks to T0 + 10 ks. No significant new sources were found.
We also performed a search which adapted the time interval of the analysis to the exposure of each region of the sky, and no additional excesses were found.
Energy flux upper bounds for the fixed time interval between 100 MeV and 100 GeV for this search vary between 2.5e-10 and 3.5e-9 [erg/cm^2/s].
The Fermi-LAT point of contact for this event is Feraol Dirirsa (fdirirsa@uj.ac.za<mailto:fdirirsa@uj.ac.za>).
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.
GCN Circular 24514
Subject
LIGO/Virgo S190512at: MAXI/GSC Observations
Date
2019-05-13T01:40:49Z (7 years ago)
From
Mutsumi Sugizaki at Tokyo Tech./MAXI <sugizaki.mutsumi@gmail.com>
S. Sugita, M. Serino (AGU), H. Negoro (Nihon U.),
M. Sugizaki, N. Kawai (Tokyo Tech),
M. Nakajima, W. Maruyama, M. Aoki, K. Kobayashi (Nihon U.),
S. Nakahira, T. Mihara, T. Tamagawa, M. Matsuoka (RIKEN),
T. Sakamoto, H. Nishida, A. Yoshida (AGU),
Y. Tsuboi, W. Iwakiri, R. Sasaki, H. Kawai, T. Sato (Chuo U.),
M. Shidatsu (Ehime U.), M. Oeda, K. Shiraishi (Tokyo Tech),
S. Ueno, H. Tomida, M. Ishikawa, Y. Sugawara, N. Isobe, R. Shimomukai,
M. Tominaga (JAXA),
Y. Ueda, A. Tanimoto, S. Yamada, S. Ogawa, K. Setoguchi, T. Yoshitake
(Kyoto U.),
H. Tsunemi, T. Yoneyama, K. Asakura, S. Ide (Osaka U.),
M. Yamauchi, S. Iwahori, Y. Kurihara (Miyazaki U.),
T. Kawamuro (NAOJ), K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U.), Y. Kawakubo (LSU)
report on behalf of the MAXI team:
We examined MAXI/GSC all-sky X-ray images (2-20 keV)
after the LVC trigger S190512at at 2019-05-12 18:07:14.422 UTC (GCN 24503).
At the trigger time of S190512at, the high-voltage of MAXI/GSC was on,
but the FOV was out of the 90% credible region of the bayestar skymap.
The first one-orbit (92 min) scan observation with GSC after the event
covered 90%
of the 90% credible region of the bayestar skymap from 18:33:5 to
19:38:1 UTC (T0+1551 to T0+5457 sec).
No significant new source was found in the region in the one-orbit
scan observation.
A typical 1-sigma averaged upper limit obtained in one scan observation
is 20 mCrab at 2-20 keV.
If you require information about X-ray flux by MAXI/GSC at specific coordinates,
please contact the submitter of this circular by email.
GCN Circular 24513
Subject
LIGO/Virgo S190512at: Fermi GBM Observations
Date
2019-05-13T01:19:59Z (7 years ago)
From
Suraj Poolakkil at UAH <sp0076@uah.edu>
S. Poolakkil (UAH) and C.M. Hui (NASA/MSFC) report on behalf of the
Fermi-GBM Team
and the GBM-LIGO/Virgo group:
For S190512at, and using the updated BAYESTAR skymap, Fermi-GBM was
observing 34.7% of the localization probability at event time.
There was no Fermi-GBM onboard trigger around the event time of the
LIGO/Virgo detection of GW trigger S190512at (GCN 24503). An automated,
blind search for short gamma-ray bursts below the onboard triggering
threshold in Fermi-GBM also identified no counterpart candidates. The GBM
targeted search, the most sensitive, coherent search for GRB-like signals,
was run from +/-30 s around merger time, and also identified no counterpart
candidates.
Part of the LVC localization region is behind the Earth for Fermi,
located at RA = 308.1 and Dec = -3.6 with a radius of 67.2 degrees.
We therefore set upper limits on impulsive gamma-ray emission. Using the
representative soft, normal, and hard GRB-like spectral templates described
in arXiv:1612.02395