First limits on the very-high energy gamma-ray afterglow emission of a fast radio burst: H.E.S.S. observations of FRB 150418

H. Abdalla; P. Aubert; Jérome Chevalier; A. Fiasson; G. Lamanna; J.P. Lees; G. Maurin; Q. Piel; D.A. Sanchez; T. Vuillaume; J. Bolmont; M. Cerruti; R. Chalme-Calvet; M. Chétien; A. Jacholkowska; D. Kerszberg; M. Kieffer; J.-P. Lenain; C. Perennes; M. Settimo; J.-P. Tavernet; P. Vincent; J. Bregeon; R.C.G. Chaves; J. Devin; Y.A. Gallant; A. Marcowith; M. Padovani; M. Renaud; G. Vasileiadis; J. Carr; J.-P. Ernenwein; J. Niemiec; C. Trichard; F. Brun; B. Condon; M.-H. Grondin; H. Laffon; M. Lemoine-Goumard; B. Degrange; S. Fegan; G. Fontaine; B. Giebels; M. Holler; C. Mariaud; M. de Naurois; D. Zaborov; F. Zefi; A. Djannati-Ataï; S. Gabici; L. Jouvin; B. Khélifi; A. Lemière; S. Pita; M. Punch; T. Tavernier; R. Terrier; Maialen Arrieta; Catherine Boisson; Olivier Hervet; Julien Lefaucheur; Helene Sol; Andreas Zech

First limits on the very-high energy gamma-ray afterglow emission of a fast radio burst: H.E.S.S. observations of FRB 150418

H. Abdalla P. Aubert ¹ Jérome Chevalier ¹ A. Fiasson ¹ G. Lamanna ¹ J.P. Lees ¹ G. Maurin ¹ Q. Piel ¹ D.A. Sanchez ¹ T. Vuillaume ¹ J. Bolmont ² M. Cerruti ² R. Chalme-Calvet ² M. Chétien ² A. Jacholkowska ² D. Kerszberg ² M. Kieffer ² J.-P. Lenain ² C. Perennes ² M. Settimo ² J.-P. Tavernet ² P. Vincent ² J. Bregeon ³ R.C.G. Chaves ³ J. Devin ³ Y.A. Gallant ³ A. Marcowith ³ M. Padovani ³ M. Renaud ³ G. Vasileiadis ³ J. Carr ⁴ J.-P. Ernenwein ⁴ J. Niemiec ⁴ C. Trichard ⁴ F. Brun ⁵ B. Condon ⁵ M.-H. Grondin ⁵ H. Laffon ⁵ M. Lemoine-Goumard ⁵ B. Degrange ⁶ S. Fegan ⁶ G. Fontaine ⁶ B. Giebels ⁶ M. Holler ⁶ C. Mariaud ⁶ M. de Naurois ⁶ D. Zaborov ⁶ F. Zefi ⁶ A. Djannati-Ataï ⁷ S. Gabici ⁷ L. Jouvin ⁷ B. Khélifi ⁷ A. Lemière ⁷ S. Pita ⁷ M. Punch ⁷ T. Tavernier ⁷ R. Terrier ⁷ Maialen Arrieta ⁸ Catherine Boisson ⁸ Olivier Hervet ⁸ Julien Lefaucheur ⁸ Helene Sol ⁸ Andreas Zech ⁸

1 LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules - Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules

2 LPNHE (UMR_7585) - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies

3 LUPM - Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier

4 CPPM - Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille

5 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan

6 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet

7 APC - UMR 7164 - AstroParticule et Cosmologie

8 LUTH - Laboratoire Univers et Théories

Abstract : Aims: Following the detection of the fast radio burst FRB150418 by the SUPERB project at the Parkes radio telescope, we aim to search for very-high energy gamma-ray afterglow emission. Methods: Follow-up observations in the very-high energy gamma-ray domain were obtained with the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope system within 14.5 hours of the radio burst. Results: The obtained 1.4 hours of gamma-ray observations are presented and discussed. At the 99 % C.L. we obtained an integral upper limit on the gamma-ray flux of (E>350 GeV) < 1.33 x 10^-8 m^-2s^-1. Differential flux upper limits as function of the photon energy were derived and used to constrain the intrinsic high-energy afterglow emission of FRB 150418. Conclusions: No hints for high-energy afterglow emission of FRB 150418 were found. Taking absorption on the extragalactic background light into account and assuming a distance of z = 0.492 based on radio and optical counterpart studies and consistent with the FRB dispersion, we constrain the gamma-ray luminosity at 1 TeV to L < 5.1 x 10^47 erg/s at 99% C.L.

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Physics [physics] / Astrophysics [astro-ph] / High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]

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