Abstract

A search for neutrinos produced in coincidence with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) was conducted with the Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector. Between December 2008 and March 2017, the Gamma-ray Coordinates Network recorded 2208 GRBs that occurred during normal SK operation. Several time windows around each GRB were used to search for coincident neutrino events. No statistically significant signal in excess of the estimated backgrounds was detected. The $\bar\nu_e$ fluence in the range from 8 MeV to 100 MeV in positron total energy for $\bar\nu_e+p\rightarrow e^{+}+n$ was found to be less than $\rm 5.07\times10^5$ cm$^{-2}$ per GRB at a 90% confidence level. For all GRBs, upper bounds were obtained on the fluence as a function of neutrino energy. Additionally, for GRBs at known distances, upper limits were set for the neutrino energy emission at the GRB.

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Title
Search for tens of MeV neutrinos associated with gamma-ray bursts in Super-Kamiokande
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Orii, A 1 ; Abe, K 2 ; Bronner, C 1 ; Hayato, Y 2 ; Ikeda, M 1 ; Imaizumi, S 1 ; Ito, H 1 ; Kameda, J 2 ; Kataoka, Y 1 ; Kato, Y 1 ; Kishimoto, Y 2 ; Miura, M 1 ; Moriyama, S 2 ; Mochizuki, T 1 ; Nagao, Y 1 ; Nakahata, M 2 ; Nakajima, Y 2 ; Nakayama, S 2 ; Okada, T 1 ; Okamoto, K 1 ; Pronost, G 1 ; Sekiya, H 2 ; Shiozawa, M 2 ; Sonoda, Y 1 ; Suzuki, Y 1 ; Takeda, A 2 ; Takemoto, Y 1 ; Takenaka, A 1 ; Tanaka, H 1 ; Yano, T 1 ; Han, S 3 ; Kajita, T 4 ; Okumura, K 4 ; Tashiro, T 3 ; Wang, R 3 ; Xia, J 3 ; Megias, G D 5 ; Bravo-Berguño, D 6 ; Labarga, L 6 ; Ll Marti 6 ; Zaldivar, B 6 ; Blaszczyk, F d M 7 ; Kearns, E 8 ; Raaf, J L 7 ; Stone, J L 8 ; Wan, L 7 ; Wester, T 7 ; Pointon, B W 9 ; Bian, J 10 ; Griskevich, N J 10 ; Kropp, W R 10 ; Locke, S 10 ; Mine, S 10 ; Smy, M B 11 ; Sobel, H W 11 ; Takhistov, V 11 ; Weatherly, P 10 ; Ganezer, K S 12 ; Hill, J 12 ; Kim, J Y 13 ; Lim, I T 13 ; Park, R G 13 ; Bodur, B 14 ; Scholberg, K 15 ; Walter, C W 15 ; Bernard, L 16 ; Coffani, A 16 ; Drapier, O 16 ; S El Hedri 16 ; Giampaolo, A 16 ; Gonin, M 16 ; Mueller, Th A 16 ; Paganini, P 16 ; Quilain, B 16 ; T Ishizuka, 17 ; T Nakamura, 18 ; Jang, J S 19 ; Learned, J G 20 ; Matsuno, S 20 ; Anthony, L H V 21 ; Litchfield, R P 21 ; Sztuc, A A 21 ; Uchida, Y 21 ; Berardi, V 22 ; Catanesi, M G 22 ; Radicioni, E 22 ; Calabria, N F 23 ; Machado, L N 23 ; De Rosa, G 23 ; Collazuol, G 24 ; Iacob, F 24 ; Lamoureux, M 24 ; Ospina, N 24 ; Ludovici, L 25 ; Nishimura, Y 26 ; Cao, S 27 ; Friend, M 27 ; Hasegawa, T 27 ; Ishida, T 27 ; Kobayashi, T 27 ; Jakkapu, M 27 ; Matsubara, T 27 ; Nakadaira, T 27 ; Nakamura, K 28 ; Oyama, Y 27 ; Sakashita, K 27 ; Sekiguchi, T 27 ; Tsukamoto, T 27 ; Boschi, T 29 ; F Di Lodovico 29 ; S Molina Sedgwick 29 ; Taani, M 29 ; Zsoldos, S 29 ; Hasegawa, M 30 ; Isobe, Y 30 ; Miyabe, H 30 ; Nakano, Y 30 ; Shiozawa, T 30 ; Sugimoto, T 30 ; Suzuki, A T 30 ; Takeuchi, Y 31 ; Yamamoto, S 30 ; Ali, A 32 ; Ashida, Y 32 ; Feng, J 32 ; Hirota, S 32 ; Jiang, M 32 ; Ichikawa, A K 32 ; Kikawa, T 32 ; Mori, M 32 ; Nakamura, K E 32 ; Nakaya, T 33 ; Wendell, R A 33 ; Yasutome, K 32 ; Fernandez, P 34 ; McCauley, N 34 ; Mehta, P 34 ; Pritchard, A 34 ; Tsui, K M 34 ; Fukuda, Y 35 ; Itow, Y 36 ; Menjo, H 37 ; Niwa, T 37 ; Sato, K 37 ; Tsukada, M 37 ; Mijakowski, P 38 ; Frankiewicz, K 38 ; Jung, C K 39 ; Vilela, C 39 ; Wilking, M J 39 ; Yanagisawa, C 39 ; Fukuda, D 40 ; Harada, M 40 ; Hagiwara, K 40 ; Horai, T 40 ; Ishino, H 40 ; Ito, S 40 ; Koshio, Y 41 ; W Ma 40 ; Piplani, N 40 ; Sakai, S 40 ; Sakuda, M 40 ; Takahira, Y 40 ; C Xu 40 ; Kuno, Y 42 ; Barr, G 43 ; Barrow, D 43 ; Cook, L 44 ; Goldsack, A 44 ; Samani, S 43 ; Simpson, C 44 ; Wark, D 45 ; Nova, F 46 ; Yang, J Y 47 ; Jenkins, S J 48 ; Malek, M 48 ; McElwee, J M 48 ; Stone, O 48 ; Thiesse, M D 48 ; Thompson, L F 48 ; Okazawa, H 49 ; Choi, Y 50 ; Kim, S B 50 ; I Yu 50 ; Nishijima, K 51 ; Koshiba, M 52 ; Iwamoto, K 53 ; Ogawa, N 53 ; Yokoyama, M 54 ; Martens, K 55 ; Vagins, M R 56 ; Izumiyama, S 57 ; Kuze, M 57 ; Tanaka, M 57 ; Yoshida, T 57 ; Inomoto, M 58 ; Ishitsuka, M 58 ; Matsumoto, R 58 ; Ohta, K 58 ; Shinoki, M 58 ; Martin, J F 59 ; Nantais, C M 59 ; Tanaka, H A 59 ; Towstego, T 59 ; Akutsu, R 60 ; Hartz, M 61 ; Konaka, A 60 ; de Perio, P 60 ; Prouse, N W 60 ; Chen, S 62 ; Xu, B D 62 ; Posiadala-Zezula, M 63 ; Richards, B 64 ; Jamieson, B 65 ; Walker, J 65 ; Minamino, A 66 ; Pintaudi, G 66 ; Sasaki, R 66 

 Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan 
 Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
 Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan 
 Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
 Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan 
 Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain 
 Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA 
 Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
 Department of Physics, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, V5G 3H2, Canada 
10  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4575, USA 
11  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4575, USA; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
12  Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 90747, USA 
13  Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea 
14  Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham NC 27708, USA 
15  Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham NC 27708, USA; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
16  Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France 
17  Junior College, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan 
18  Department of Physics, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan 
19  GIST College, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Korea 
20  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA 
21  Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom 
22  Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, I-70125, Bari, Italy 
23  Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, I-80126, Napoli, Italy 
24  Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, I-35131, Padova, Italy 
25  INFN Sezione di Roma and Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” I-00185, Roma, Italy 
26  Department of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 223-8522, Japan 
27  High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan 
28  High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
29  Department of Physics, King’s College London, London, WC2R 2LS, UK 
30  Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan 
31  Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
32  Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan 
33  Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
34  Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, United Kingdom 
35  Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan 
36  Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan; Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan 
37  Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan 
38  National Centre For Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland 
39  Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800, USA 
40  Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan 
41  Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
42  Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan 
43  Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom 
44  Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
45  Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom; STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom 
46  Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxford, OX11 0QX, UK 
47  Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea 
48  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH, Sheffield, United Kingdom 
49  Department of Informatics in Social Welfare, Shizuoka University of Welfare, Yaizu, Shizuoka, 425-8611, Japan 
50  Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea 
51  Department of Physics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan 
52  The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 
53  Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 
54  Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
55  Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
56  Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4575, USA 
57  Department of Physics,Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan 
58  Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan 
59  Department of Physics, University of Toronto, ON, M5S 1A7, Canada 
60  TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T2A3, Canada 
61  TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T2A3, Canada; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan 
62  Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China 
63  Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, 02-093, Poland 
64  Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK 
65  Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, MB R3J 3L8, Canada 
66  Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Oct 2021
Publisher
Oxford University Press
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20503911
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Scholarly Journal
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English
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3171487237
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