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A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run

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A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run. / Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Team; The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration.
In: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 964, No. 2, 149, 27.03.2024.

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Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Team & The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration 2024, 'A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 964, no. 2, 149. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1eed

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Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Team, & The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration (2024). A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run. The Astrophysical Journal, 964(2), Article 149. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1eed

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Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Team, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration. A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run. The Astrophysical Journal. 2024 Mar 27;964(2):149. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad1eed

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Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Team ; The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration. / A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run. In: The Astrophysical Journal. 2024 ; Vol. 964, No. 2.

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abstract = "We present Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM) and Swift Burst Alert Telescope (Swift-BAT) searches for gamma-ray/X-ray counterparts to gravitational-wave (GW) candidate events identified during the third observing run of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. Using Fermi-GBM onboard triggers and subthreshold gamma-ray burst (GRB) candidates found in the Fermi-GBM ground analyses, the Targeted Search and the Untargeted Search, we investigate whether there are any coincident GRBs associated with the GWs. We also search the Swift-BAT rate data around the GW times to determine whether a GRB counterpart is present. No counterparts are found. Using both the Fermi-GBM Targeted Search and the Swift-BAT search, we calculate flux upper limits and present joint upper limits on the gamma-ray luminosity of each GW. Given these limits, we constrain theoretical models for the emission of gamma rays from binary black hole mergers.",
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AB - We present Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM) and Swift Burst Alert Telescope (Swift-BAT) searches for gamma-ray/X-ray counterparts to gravitational-wave (GW) candidate events identified during the third observing run of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. Using Fermi-GBM onboard triggers and subthreshold gamma-ray burst (GRB) candidates found in the Fermi-GBM ground analyses, the Targeted Search and the Untargeted Search, we investigate whether there are any coincident GRBs associated with the GWs. We also search the Swift-BAT rate data around the GW times to determine whether a GRB counterpart is present. No counterparts are found. Using both the Fermi-GBM Targeted Search and the Swift-BAT search, we calculate flux upper limits and present joint upper limits on the gamma-ray luminosity of each GW. Given these limits, we constrain theoretical models for the emission of gamma rays from binary black hole mergers.

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