[vsnet-grb-info 26482] Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Observations of IceCube-201007A

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  28582
SUBJECT: Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Observations of IceCube-201007A 
DATE:    20/10/08 20:33:36 GMT
FROM:    Sara Buson at GSFC/Fermi  <sara.buson at gmail.com>

S. Buson (Univ. of Wuerzburg) and S. Garrappa (DESY-Zeuthen) on behalf of the Fermi-LAT collaboration:

We report an analysis of observations of the vicinity of the high-energy IC201007A neutrino event (GCN 28575) 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 2020-10-07 at 22:01:49.28 UT (T0) with J2000 position RA = 265.17 (+/- 0.52) deg, Decl. = 5.34 (+0.32, -0.23) deg 90% PSF containment. No cataloged >100 MeV gamma-ray sources (The Fourth Fermi-LAT catalog; The Fermi-LAT collaboration 2020, ApJS, 247, 33) are located within the 90% IC201007A localization error. 

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 IC201007A best-fit position. Assuming a power-law spectrum (photon index = 2.0 fixed) for a point source at the IC201007A best-fit position, the >100 MeV flux upper limit (95% confidence) is < 4.4e-10 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for ~12-years (2008-08-04 / 2020-10-07 UTC), < 2.1e-8 (< 1.6e-7) 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 these observations the Fermi-LAT contact persons are S. Garrappa (simone.garrappa at desy.de) and S. Buson (sara.buson 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.