Publications (57)
Grandma: a network to coordinate them all
S. Agayeva, S. Alishov, S. Antier +75
GRANDMA is an international project that coordinates telescope observations of transient sources with large localization uncertainties. Such sources include gravitational wave even…
All-flavor search for a diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos with 9 years of ANTARES data
ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +125
The ANTARES detector is at present the most sensitive neutrino telescope in the Northern Hemisphere. The highly significant cosmic neutrino excess observed by the Antarctic IceCube…
Search for Dark Matter Annihilation in the Earth using the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +126
A search for a neutrino signal from WIMP pair annihilations in the centre of the Earth has been performed with the data collected with the ANTARES neutrino telescope from 2007 to 2…
Multi-epoch afterglow rebrightenings in GRB 250129A: Evidence for successive shock interactions
D. Akl, S. Antier, H. Koehn +105
Most long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibit afterglows broadly consistent with external forward-shock emission, typically described by smooth broken power-law decays in the multiband…
The mini-GWAC optical follow-up of the gravitational wave alerts: results from the O2 campaign and prospects for the upcoming O3 run
D. Turpin, C. Wu, X. H. Han +34
The second observational campaign of gravitational waves organized by the LIGO/Virgo Collaborations has led to several breakthroughs such as the detection of gravitational wave sig…
New Constraints on all flavour Galactic diffuse neutrino emission with the ANTARES telescope
A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi +126
The flux of very high-energy neutrinos produced in our Galaxy by the interaction of accelerated cosmic rays with the interstellar medium is not yet determined. The characterization…
Model-independent search for neutrino sources with the ANTARES neutrino telescope
A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi +125
A novel method to analyse the spatial distribution of neutrino candidates recorded with the ANTARES neutrino telescope is introduced, searching for an excess of neutrinos in a regi…
Results from the search for dark matter in the Milky Way with 9 years of data of the ANTARES neutrino telescope
A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi +125
Using data recorded with the ANTARES telescope from 2007 to 2015, a new search for dark matter annihilation in the Milky Way has been performed. Three halo models and five annihila…
X-shooter and ALMA spectroscopy of GRB 161023A - A study of metals and molecules in the line of sight towards a luminous GRB
A. de Ugarte Postigo, C. C. Thöne, J. Bolmer +45
Long gamma-ray bursts are produced during the dramatic deaths of massive stars with very short lifetimes, meaning that they explode close to the birth place of their progenitors. D…
Search for muon-neutrino emission from GeV and TeV gamma-ray flaring blazars using five years of data of the ANTARES telescope
S. Adrián-MartÃnez, A. Albert, M. André +123
The ANTARES telescope is well-suited for detecting astrophysical transient neutrino sources as it can observe a full hemisphere of the sky at all times with a high duty cycle. The…
Constraints on the neutrino emission from the Galactic Ridge with the ANTARES telescope
S. Adrián-MartÃnez, A. Albert, M. André +116
Compelling evidence for the existence of astrophysical neutrinos has been reported by the IceCube collaboration. Some features of the energy and declination distributions of IceCub…
Supplement: Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914
B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1538
This Supplement provides supporting material for arXiv:1602.08492 . We briefly summarize past electromagnetic (EM) follow-up efforts as well as the organization and policy of the c…
GRB 241030A: a bright afterglow challenging forward shock emission
J. -G. Ducoin, C. Pellouin, V. Aivazyan +97
Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 241030A (z = 1.411) exhibited a bright afterglow (similar to GRB 221009A), detected across gamma-ray, X-ray, UV, and optical bands, providing a probe of GRB aft…
Multi-band analyses of the bright GRB 230812B and the associated SN2023pel
T. Hussenot-Desenonges, T. Wouters, N. Guessoum +109
GRB~230812B is a bright and relatively nearby () long gamma-ray burst (GRB) that has generated significant interest in the community and has thus been observed over the en…
GRANDMA and HXMT Observations of GRB 221009A -- the Standard-Luminosity Afterglow of a Hyper-Luminous Gamma-Ray Burst
D. A. Kann, S. Agayeva, V. Aivazyan +113
GRB 221009A is the brightest Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) detected in more than 50 years of study. In this paper, we present observations in the X-ray and optical domains after the GRB ob…
GRB 221009A and the Apparently Most Energetic Gamma-Ray Bursts
J-L. Atteia, L. Bouchet, J-P. Dezalay +7
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are often referred to as the most luminous explosions in the Universe, due to their short and highly luminous prompt emission. This apparent luminosity, how…
GRANDMA Observations of ZTF/Fink Transients during Summer 2021
V. Aivazyan, M. Almualla, S. Antier +80
We present our follow-up observations with GRANDMA of transient sources revealed by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). Over a period of six months, all ZTF triggers were examined…
The maximum isotropic energy of gamma-ray bursts
J-L. Atteia, V. Heussaff, J. -P. Dezalay +7
The most energetic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are remarkable sources releasing huge amounts of energy on short timescales. Their prompt emission, which usually lasts few seconds, is s…
GRANDMA Observations of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's Third Observational Campaign
S. Antier, S. Agayeva, M. Almualla +55
GRANDMA is a network of 25 telescopes of different sizes, including both photometric and spectroscopic facilities. The network aims to coordinate follow-up observations of gravitat…
O'TRAIN: a robust and flexible Real/Bogus classifier for the study of the optical transient sky
K. Makhlouf, D. Turpin, D. Corre +3
The scientific interest in studying high-energy transient phenomena in the Universe has largely grown for the last decade. Now, multiple ground-based survey projects have emerged t…
The ANTARES Collaboration: Contributions to ICRC 2017 Part III: Searches for dark matter and exotics, neutrino oscillations and detector calibration
ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +125
Papers on the searches for dark matter and exotics, neutrino oscillations and detector calibration, prepared for the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2017, Busan, Sou…
Time calibration with atmospheric muon tracks in the ANTARES neutrino telescope
S. Adrián-MartÃnez, A. Albert, M. André +127
The ANTARES experiment consists of an array of photomultipliers distributed along 12 lines and located deep underwater in the Mediterranean Sea. It searches for astrophysical neutr…
The ANTARES Collaboration: Contributions to ICRC 2017 Part I: Neutrino astronomy (diffuse fluxes and point sources)
ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +125
Papers on neutrino astronomy (diffuse fluxes and point sources, prepared for the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2017, Busan, South Korea) by the ANTARES Collaborati…
Optical and X-ray early follow-up of ANTARES neutrino alerts
S. Adrian-Martinez, M. Ageron, A. Albert +137
High-energy neutrinos could be produced in the interaction of charged cosmic rays with matter or radiation surrounding astrophysical sources. Even with the recent detection of extr…
The first six months of the Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run with GRANDMA
S. Antier, S. Agayeva, V. Aivazyan +74
We present the Global Rapid Advanced Network Devoted to the Multi-messenger Addicts (GRANDMA). The network consists of 21 telescopes with both photometric and spectroscopic facilit…
First Gamma-Ray Burst Observations with SVOM
F. Daigne, D. Turpin, J. -L. Atteia +34
Following its launch on 22 June 2024, the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) successfully completed its flight acceptance, commissioning, and scien…
XRF 241001A/SN 2024aiiq: A faint soft X-ray transient detected by SVOM with a broad-line type Ic supernova revealed by JWST
B. Schneider, M. Brunet, B. P. Gompertz +61
X-ray flashes (XRFs) are a type of gamma-ray burst (GRB) with prompt emission predominantly below 30 keV and have been poorly detected by previous missions. The advent of the SVOM…
Search for high-energy neutrinos in coincidence with Fast Radio Bursts with the ANTARES neutrino telescope
A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi +125
In the past decade, a new class of bright transient radio sources with millisecond duration has been discovered. The origin of these so-called Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) is still a g…
The ANTARES Collaboration: Contributions to ICRC 2017 Part II: The multi-messenger program
ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +125
Papers on the ANTARES multi-messenger program, prepared for the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2017, Busan, South Korea) by the ANTARES Collaboration
Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory
A. Albert, M. Andre, M. Anghinolfi +1931
The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observatories recently discovered gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. A short gamma-ray burst (GRB) that followed the merg…
Time-dependent search for neutrino emission from x-ray binaries with the ANTARES telescope
A. Albert, M. André, G. Anton +115
ANTARES is currently the largest neutrino telescope operating in the Northern Hemisphere, aiming at the detection of high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources. Neutrino tele…
The GRANDMA network in preparation for the fourth gravitational-wave observing run
S. Agayeva, V. Aivazyan, S. Alishov +98
GRANDMA is a world-wide collaboration with the primary scientific goal of studying gravitational-wave sources, discovering their electromagnetic counterparts and characterizing the…
The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts II: New FRB discoveries and their follow-up
S. Bhandari, E. F. Keane, E. D. Barr +47
We report the discovery of four Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) in the ongoing SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts (SUPERB) at the Parkes Radio Telescope: FRBs 150610, 15120…
A mag Super Flare of An Ultracool Star Detected by System
L. P. Xin, H. L. Li, J. Wang +21
In this paper, we report the detection and follow-ups of a super stellar flare GWAC\,181229A with an amplitude of 9.5 mag on a M9 type star by and the d…
Limits on the Ejecta Mass During the Search for Kilonovae Associated with Neutron Star-Black Hole Mergers: A case study of S230518h, GW230529, S230627c and the Low-Significance Candidate S240422ed
M. Pillas, S. Antier, K. Ackley +78
Neutron star-black hole (NSBH) mergers, detectable via their gravitational-wave (GW) emission, are expected to produce kilonovae (KNe). Four NSBH candidates have been identified an…
SVOM GRB 250314A at z 7.3: an exploding star in the era of reionization
B. Cordier, J. Y. Wei, N. R. Tanvir +103
Most long Gamma-ray bursts originate from a rare type of massive stellar explosion. Their afterglows, while rapidly fading, can be initially extremely luminous at optical/near-infr…
Multi-purpose InSTRument for Astronomy at Low-resolution: MISTRAL@OHP
J. Schmitt, C. Adami, M. Dennefeld +31
MISTRAL is the new Faint Object Spectroscopic Camera mounted at the folded Cassegrain focus of the 1.93m telescope of Haute-Provence Observatory. We describe the design and compone…
The SVOM mission, its profile and its system
B. Cordier, J. Y. Wei, S. N. Zhang +37
The SVOM (Space-based Variable Objects Monitor) mission, launched into low Earth orbit on 22 June 2024, is a French-Chinese multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of t…
Ready for O4 II: GRANDMA Observations of Swift GRBs during eight-weeks of Spring 2022
I. Tosta e Melo, J. -G. Ducoin, Z. Vidadi +106
We present a campaign designed to train the GRANDMA network and its infrastructure to follow up on transient alerts and detect their early afterglows. In preparation for O4 II camp…
All-sky Search for High-Energy Neutrinos from Gravitational Wave Event GW170104 with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +125
Advanced LIGO detected a significant gravitational wave signal (GW170104) originating from the coalescence of two black holes during the second observation run on January 4$^{\text…
Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with five years of the ANTARES detector data
A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi +118
A search for magnetic monopoles using five years of data recorded with the ANTARES neutrino telescope from January 2008 to December 2012 with a total live time of 1121 days is pres…
Murchison Widefield Array Limits on Radio Emission from ANTARES Neutrino Events
S. Croft, D. L. Kaplan, S. J. Tingay +131
We present a search, using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), for electromagnetic counterparts to two candidate high energy neutrino events detected by the ANTARES neutrino teles…
Connecting Prompt and Afterglow GRB emission I. Investigating the impact of optical selection effects in the Epi - Eiso plane
D. Turpin, V. Heussaff, J. -P. Dezalay +3
Measuring GRB properties in their rest-frame is crucial to understand the physics at work in gamma-ray bursts. This can only be done for GRBs with known redshift. Since redshifts a…
Search for high-energy neutrinos from bright GRBs with ANTARES
A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi +125
Gamma-ray bursts are thought to be sites of hadronic acceleration, thus neutrinos are expected from the decay of charged particles, produced in pγ interactions. The methods and re…
Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914
B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1538
A gravitational-wave (GW) transient was identified in data recorded by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors on 2015 September 14. The e…
High-energy Neutrino follow-up search of Gravitational Wave Event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube
S. Adrián-MartÃnez, A. Albert, M. André +1387
We present the high-energy-neutrino follow-up observations of the first gravitational wave transient GW150914 observed by the Advanced LIGO detectors on Sept. 14th, 2015. We search…
An algorithm for the reconstruction of neutrino-induced showers in the ANTARES neutrino telescope
A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi +124
Muons created by charged current (CC) interactions in the water surrounding the ANTARES neutrino telescope have been almost exclusively used so far in searches for cosmic n…
A search for Secluded Dark Matter in the Sun with the ANTARES neutrino telescope
S. Adrián-MartÃnez, A. Albert, M. André +115
A search for Secluded Dark Matter annihilation in the Sun using 2007-2012 data of the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. Three different cases are considered: a) detection of…
An algorithm for the reconstruction of high-energy neutrino-induced particle showers and its application to the ANTARES neutrino telescope
ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +119
A novel algorithm to reconstruct neutrino-induced particle showers within the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. The method achieves a median angular resolution of …
Comparing the birth rate of stellar black holes in binary black hole mergers and long GRBs
J. L. Atteia, J. -P. Dezalay, O. Godet +3
Gravitational wave interferometers have proved the existence of a new class of binary black holes (BBHs) weighting tens of solar masses and they have provided the first reliable me…
Limits on Dark Matter Annihilation in the Sun using the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
ANTARES collaboration, S. Adrián-MartÃnez, A. Albert +117
A search for muon neutrinos originating from dark matter annihilations in the Sun is performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from 2007 to 2012. In order…
First all-flavour Neutrino Point-like Source Search with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +126
A search for cosmic neutrino sources using the data collected with the ANTARES neutrino telescope between early 2007 and the end of 2015 is performed. For the first time, all neutr…
Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Gravitational Wave Event GW151226 and Candidate LVT151012 with ANTARES and IceCube
A. Albert, M. Andre, M. Anghinolfi +1410
The Advanced LIGO observatories detected gravitational waves from two binary black hole mergers during their first observation run (O1). We present a high-energy neutrino follow-up…
Photometric and spectroscopic Studies of Superoutbursts of Three Dwarf Novae Independently Identified by The SVOM/GWAC System in 2018
J. Wang, H. L. Li, L. P. Xin +27
We report our photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations of the superoutbursts of three dwarf novae (GWAC\,180415A, GWAC\,181017A and GWAC\,181211A) identified independen…
The Zadko Telescope: Exploring the transient Universe
D. M. Coward, B. Gendre, P. Tanga +11
The Zadko Telescope is a 1 m f/4 Cassegrain telescope, situated in the state of Western Australia about 80 km north of Perth. The facility plays a niche role in Australian astronom…
SVOM Science User Support at FSC
A. Claret, D. Turpin, C. Moreau +16
The SVOM mission, a Sino-French collaboration dedicated to Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and transient sources, began scientific operations in 2025. This paper describes the ground compu…
A simple model of dust extinction in gamma-ray burst host galaxies
N. A. Rakotondrainibe, V. Buat, D. Turpin +4
Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are powerful probes for studying the different properties of their host galaxies (e.g., the interstellar dust) at all redshifts. By fitting their s…