Deep Search for Joint Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-Energy Neutrinos with IceCube During the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo

IceCube Collaboration; R. Abbasi; M Ackermann; J. Adams; S K Agarwalla; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; J M Alameddine; S Ali; M Hostert

doi:10.48550/arxiv.2601.07595

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Deep Search for Joint Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-Energy Neutrinos with IceCube During the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo

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Deep Search for Joint Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-Energy Neutrinos with IceCube During the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M Ackermann, J. Adams, S K Agarwalla, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, J M Alameddine, S Ali and M Hostert

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Cornell University

01/26/2026

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2601.07595

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Abstract

The discovery of joint sources of high-energy neutrinos and gravitational waves has been a primary target for the LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, and IceCube observatories. The joint detection of high-energy neutrinos and gravitational waves would provide insight into cosmic processes, from the dynamics of compact object mergers and stellar collapses to the mechanisms driving relativistic outflows. The joint detection of multiple cosmic messengers can also elevate the significance of the common observation even when some or all of the constituent messengers are sub-threshold, i.e. not significant enough to declare their detection individually. Using data from the LIGO, Virgo, and IceCube observatories, including sub-threshold events, we searched for common sources of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos during the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. Our search did not identify significant joint sources. We derive constraints on the rate densities of joint sources. Our results constrain the isotropic neutrino emission from gravitational-wave sources for very high values of the total energy emitted in neutrinos (>$10^{52} - 10^{54}$erg).

Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

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Title: Subtitle: Deep Search for Joint Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-Energy Neutrinos with IceCube During the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo
Creators: IceCube Collaboration
R. Abbasi (Contributor) - Loyola University Chicago
M Ackermann (Contributor) - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
J. Adams (Contributor) - University of Canterbury
S K Agarwalla (Contributor)
J. A. Aguilar (Contributor) - Université Libre de Bruxelles
M. Ahlers (Contributor) - University of Copenhagen
J M Alameddine (Contributor) - TU Dortmund University
S Ali (Contributor) - University of Kansas
M Hostert (Contributor)
Resource Type: Preprint
Publication Details: ArXiv.org
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2601.07595
ISSN: 2331-8422
Publisher: Cornell University; ithaca, New York
Number of pages: 29 pages
Language: English
Date posted: 01/26/2026
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9985130649602771

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