The International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) was founded in 1978 and was the first institution in Italy to promote post-graduate courses leading to a Doctor Philosophiae (or PhD) degree. A centre of excellence among Italian and international universities, the school has around 65 teachers, 100 post docs and 245 PhD students, and is located in Trieste, in a campus of more than 10 hectares with wonderful views over the Gulf of Trieste.
SISSA hosts a very high-ranking, large and multidisciplinary scientific research output. The scientific papers produced by its researchers are published in high impact factor, well-known international journals, and in many cases in the world's most prestigious scientific journals such as Nature and Science. Over 900 students have so far started their careers in the field of mathematics, physics and neuroscience research at SISSA.
A first search for coincident gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos
using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007
S. Adrián-Martínez1, I. Al Samarai2, A. Albert3, M. André4, M. Anghinolfi5, G. Anton6, S. Anvar7, M. Ardid1, T. Astraatmadja8,39, J-J. Aubert2, B. Baret9, S. Basa10, V. Bertin2, S. Biagi11,12, C. Bigongiari13, C. Bogazzi8, M. Bou-Cabo1, B. Bouhou9, M.C. Bouwhuis8, J. Brunner2, J. Busto2, A. Capone14,15, C. Cârloganu16, J. Carr2, S. Cecchini11, Z. Charif2, Ph. Charvis17, T. Chiarusi11, M. Circella18, R. Coniglione19, L. Core2, H. Costantini2, P. Coyle2, A. Creusot9, C. Curtil2, G. De Bonis14,15, M.P. Decowski8, I. Dekeyser20, A. Deschamps17, C. Distefano19, C. Donzaud9,21, D. Dornic2,13, Q. Dorosti22, D. Drouhin3, T. Eberl6, U. Emanuele13, A. Enzenhöfer6, J-P. Ernenwein2, S. Escoffier2, K. Fehn6, P. Fermani14,15, M. Ferri1, S. Ferry23, V. Flaminio24,25, F. Folger6, U. Fritsch6, J-L. Fuda20, S. Galatà2, P. Gay16, K. Geyer6, G. Giacomelli11,12, V. Giordano19, J.P. Gómez-González13, K. Graf6, G. Guillard16, G. Hallewell2, M. Hamal26, H. van Haren27, A.J. Heijboer8, Y. Hello17, J.J. Hernández-Rey13, B. Herold6, J. Hößl6, C.C. Hsu8, M. de Jong8,39, M. Kadler28, O. Kalekin6, A. Kappes6,40, U. Katz6, O. Kavatsyuk22, P. Kooijman8,29,30, C. Kopper6,8, A. Kouchner9, I. Kreykenbohm28, V. Kulikovskiy5,31, R. Lahmann6, G. Lambard13, G. Larosa1, D. Lattuada19, D. Lefèvre20, G. Lim8,30, D. Lo Presti32,33, H. Loehner22, S. Loucatos23, F. Louis7, S. Mangano13, M. Marcelin10, A. Margiotta11,12, J.A. Martínez-Mora1, S. Martini20, A. Meli6, T. Montaruli18,34, M. Morganti24,41, L. Moscoso9,23, H. Motz6, M. Neff6, E. Nezri10, D. Palioselitis8, G.E. Păvălaş35, K. Payet23, J. Petrovic8, P. Piattelli19, V. Popa35, T. Pradier36, E. Presani8, C. Racca3, C. Reed8, G. Riccobene19, C. Richardt6, R. Richter6, C. Rivière2, A. Robert20, K. Roensch6, A. Rostovtsev37, J. Ruiz-Rivas13, M. Rujoiu35, G.V. Russo32,33, D.F.E. Samtleben8, A. Sánchez-Losa13, P. Sapienza19, J. Schmid6, J. Schnabel6, F. Schöck6, J-P. Schuller23, F. Schüssler23, T. Seitz6, R. Shanidze6, F. Simeone14,15, A. Spies6, M. Spurio11,12, J.J.M. Steijger8, Th. Stolarczyk23, M. Taiuti5,38, C. Tamburini20, A. Trovato32, B. Vallage23, C. Vallée2, V. Van Elewyck9, M. Vecchi2, P. Vernin23, E. Visser8, S. Wagner6, G. Wijnker8, J. Wilms28, E. de Wolf8,30, H. Yepes13, D. Zaborov37, J.D. Zornoza13, J. Zúñiga13, J. Aasi42, J. Abadie42, B. P. Abbott42, R. Abbott42, T. D. Abbott43, M. Abernathy44, T. Accadia45, F. Acernese46,48, C. Adams49, T. Adams50, P. Addesso48, R. Adhikari42, C. Affeldt52,53, M. Agathos8, K. Agatsuma55, P. Ajith42, B. Allen52,53,56, A. Allocca24,57, E. Amador Ceron56, D. Amariutei58, S. B. Anderson42, W. G. Anderson56, K. Arai42, M. C. Araya42, S. Ast52,53, S. M. Aston49, P. Astone14, D. Atkinson59, P. Aufmuth52,53, C. Aulbert52,53, B. E. Aylott60, S. Babak61, P. Baker62, G. Ballardin63, S. Ballmer64, Y. Bao58, J. C. B. Barayoga42, D. Barker59, F. Barone46,48, B. Barr44, L. Barsotti65, M. Barsuglia9, M. A. Barton59, I. Bartos66, R. Bassiri44,67, M. Bastarrika44, A. Basti24,25, J. Batch59, J. Bauchrowitz52,53, Th. S. Bauer8, M. Bebronne45, D. Beck67, B. Behnke61, M. Bejger70, M.G. Beker8, A. S. Bell44, C. Bell44, I. Belopolski66, M. Benacquista74, J. M. Berliner59, A. Bertolini52,53, J. Betzwieser49, N. Beveridge44, P. T. Beyersdorf75, T. Bhadbade67, I. A. Bilenko76, G. Billingsley42, J. Birch49, R. Biswas74, M. Bitossi24, M. A. Bizouard77, E. Black42, J. K. Blackburn42, L. Blackburn79, D. Blair80, B. Bland59, M. Blom8, O. Bock52,53, T. P. Bodiya65, C. Bogan52,53, C. Bond60, R. Bondarescu81, F. Bondu83, L. Bonelli24,25, R. Bonnand84, R. Bork42, M. Born52,53, V. Boschi24, S. Bose85, L. Bosi86, S. Braccini24, C. Bradaschia24, P. R. Brady56, V. B. Braginsky76, M. Branchesi88,89, J. E. Brau90, J. Breyer52,53, T. Briant91, D. O. Bridges49, A. Brillet82, M. Brinkmann52,53, V. Brisson77, M. Britzger52,53, A. F. Brooks42, D. A. Brown64, T. Bulik69, H. J. Bulten8,54, A. Buonanno92, J. Burguet–Castell93, D. Buskulic45, C. Buy9, R. L. Byer67, L. Cadonati94, G. Cagnoli74,84, E. Calloni46,47, J. B. Camp79, P. Campsie44, K. Cannon95, B. Canuel63, J. Cao96, C. D. Capano92, F. Carbognani63, L. Carbone60, S. Caride97, S. Caudill98, M. Cavaglià99, F. Cavalier77, R. Cavalieri63, G. Cella24, C. Cepeda42, E. Cesarini89, T. Chalermsongsak42, P. Charlton100, E. Chassande-Mottin9, W. Chen96, X. Chen80, Y. Chen101, A. Chincarini5, A. Chiummo63, H. S. Cho102, J. Chow103, N. Christensen104, S. S. Y. Chua103, C. T. Y. Chung105, S. Chung80, G. Ciani58, F. Clara59, D. E. Clark67, J. A. Clark94, J. H. Clayton56, F. Cleva82, E. Coccia106,107, P.-F. Cohadon91, C. N. Colacino24,25, A. Colla14,15, M. Colombini15, A. Conte14,15, R. Conte48, D. Cook59, T. R. Corbitt65, M. Cordier75, N. Cornish62, A. Corsi42, C. A. Costa98,109, M. Coughlin104, J.-P. Coulon82, P. Couvares64, D. M. Coward80, M. Cowart49, D. C. Coyne42, J. D. E. Creighton56, T. D. Creighton74, A. M. Cruise60, A. Cumming44, L. Cunningham44, E. Cuoco63, R. M. Cutler60, K. Dahl52,53, M. Damjanic52,53, S. L. Danilishin80, S. D'Antonio106, K. Danzmann52,53, V. Dattilo63, B. Daudert42, H. Daveloza74, M. Davier77, E. J. Daw110, R. Day63, T. Dayanga85, R. De Rosa46,47, D. DeBra67, G. Debreczeni111, J. Degallaix84, W. Del Pozzo8, T. Dent50, V. Dergachev42, R. DeRosa98, S. Dhurandhar112, L. Di Fiore46, A. Di Lieto24,25, I. Di Palma52,53, M. Di Paolo Emilio106,108, A. Di Virgilio24, M. Díaz74, A. Dietz45,99, F. Donovan65, K. L. Dooley52,53, S. Doravari42, S. Dorsher113, M. Drago114,115, R. W. P. Drever118, J. C. Driggers42, Z. Du96, J.-C. Dumas80, S. Dwyer65, T. Eberle52,53, M. Edgar44, M. Edwards50, A. Effler98, P. Ehrens42, G. Endrőczi111, R. Engel42, T. Etzel42, K. Evans44, M. Evans65, T. Evans49, M. Factourovich66, V. Fafone106,107, S. Fairhurst50, B. F. Farr119, M. Favata56, D. Fazi119, H. Fehrmann52,53, D. Feldbaum58, I. Ferrante24,25, F. Ferrini63, F. Fidecaro24,25, L. S. Finn81, I. Fiori63, R. P. Fisher64, R. Flaminio84, S. Foley65, E. Forsi49, L. A. Forte46, N. Fotopoulos42, J.-D. Fournier82, J. Franc84, S. Franco77, S. Frasca14,15, F. Frasconi24, M. Frede52,53, M. A. Frei120, Z. Frei121, A. Freise60, R. Frey90, T. T. Fricke52,53, D. Friedrich52,53, P. Fritschel65, V. V. Frolov49, M.-K. Fujimoto55, P. J. Fulda60, M. Fyffe49, J. Gair122, M. Galimberti84, L. Gammaitoni86,87, J. Garcia59, F. Garufi46,47, M. E. Gáspár111, G. Gelencser121, G. Gemme5, E. Genin63, A. Gennai24, L. Á. Gergely123, S. Ghosh85, J. A. Giaime49,98, S. Giampanis56, K. D. Giardina49, A. Giazotto24, S. Gil-Casanova93, C. Gill44, J. Gleason58, E. Goetz52,53, G. González98, M. L. Gorodetsky76, S. Goßler52,53, R. Gouaty45, C. Graef52,53, P. B. Graff122, M. Granata84, A. Grant44, C. Gray59, R. J. S. Greenhalgh124, A. M. Gretarsson125, C. Griffo43, H. Grote52,53, K. Grover60, S. Grunewald61, G. M. Guidi88,89, C. Guido49, R. Gupta112, E. K. Gustafson42, R. Gustafson97, J. M. Hallam60, D. Hammer56, G. Hammond44, J. Hanks59, C. Hanna42,126, J. Hanson49, J. Harms118, G. M. Harry127, I. W. Harry64, E. D. Harstad90, M. T. Hartman58, K. Haughian44, K. Hayama55, J.-F. Hayau83, J. Heefner42, A. Heidmann91, M. C. Heintze49, H. Heitmann82, P. Hello77, G. Hemming63, M. A. Hendry44, I. S. Heng44, A. W. Heptonstall42, V. Herrera67, M. Heurs52,53, M. Hewitson52,53, S. Hild44, D. Hoak94, K. A. Hodge42, K. Holt49, M. Holtrop128, T. Hong101, S. Hooper80, J. Hough44, E. J. Howell80, B. Hughey56, S. Husa93, S. H. Huttner44, T. Huynh-Dinh49, D. R. Ingram59, R. Inta103, T. Isogai104, A. Ivanov42, K. Izumi55, M. Jacobson42, E. James42, Y. J. Jang119, P. Jaranowski71, E. Jesse125, W. W. Johnson98, D. I. Jones129, R. Jones44, R.J.G. Jonker8, L. Ju80, P. Kalmus42, V. Kalogera119, S. Kandhasamy113, G. Kang130, J. B. Kanner79,92, M. Kasprzack63,77, R. Kasturi131, E. Katsavounidis65, W. Katzman49, H. Kaufer52,53, K. Kaufman101, K. Kawabe59, S. Kawamura55, F. Kawazoe52,53, D. Keitel52,53, D. Kelley64, W. Kells42, D. G. Keppel42, Z. Keresztes123, A. Khalaidovski52,53, F. Y. Khalili76, E. A. Khazanov132, B. K. Kim130, C. Kim133, H. Kim52,53, K. Kim134, N. Kim67, Y. M. Kim102, P. J. King42, D. L. Kinzel49, J. S. Kissel65, S. Klimenko58, J. Kline56, K. Kokeyama98, V. Kondrashov42, S. Koranda56, W. Z. Korth42, I. Kowalska69, D. Kozak42, V. Kringel52,53, B. Krishnan61, A. Królak68,72, G. Kuehn52,53, P. Kumar64, R. Kumar44, R. Kurdyumov67, P. Kwee65, P. K. Lam103, M. Landry59, A. Langley118, B. Lantz67, N. Lastzka52,53, C. Lawrie44, A. Lazzarini42, A. Le Roux49, P. Leaci61, C. H. Lee102, H. K. Lee134, H. M. Lee135, J. R. Leong52,53, I. Leonor90, N. Leroy77, N. Letendre45, V. Lhuillier59, J. Li96, T. G. F. Li8, P. E. Lindquist42, V. Litvine42, Y. Liu96, Z. Liu58, N. A. Lockerbie136, D. Lodhia60, J. Logue44, M. Lorenzini88, V. Loriette78, M. Lormand49, G. Losurdo88, J. Lough64, M. Lubinski59, H. Lück52,53, A. P. Lundgren52,53, J. Macarthur44, E. Macdonald44, B. Machenschalk52,53, M. MacInnis65, D. M. Macleod50, M. Mageswaran42, K. Mailand42, E. Majorana14, I. Maksimovic78, V. Malvezzi106, N. 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Müller-Ebhardt52,53, J. Munch140, D. Murphy66, P. G. Murray44, A. Mytidis58, T. Nash42, L. Naticchioni14,15, V. Necula58, J. Nelson44, I. Neri86,87, G. Newton44, T. Nguyen103, A. Nishizawa55, A. Nitz64, F. Nocera63, D. Nolting49, M. E. Normandin74, L. Nuttall50, E. Ochsner56, J. O'Dell124, E. Oelker65, G. H. Ogin42, J. J. Oh141, S. H. Oh141, R. G. Oldenberg56, B. O'Reilly49, R. O'Shaughnessy56, C. Osthelder42, C. D. Ott101, D. J. Ottaway140, R. S. Ottens58, H. Overmier49, B. J. Owen81, A. Page60, L. Palladino106,108, C. Palomba14, Y. Pan92, C. Pankow56, F. Paoletti24,63, R. Paoletti24,57, M. A. Papa56,61, M. Parisi46,47, A. Pasqualetti63, R. Passaquieti24,25, D. Passuello24, M. Pedraza42, S. Penn131, A. Perreca64, G. Persichetti46,47, M. Phelps42, M. Pichot82, M. Pickenpack52,53, F. Piergiovanni88,89, V. Pierro51, M. Pihlaja113, L. Pinard84, I. M. Pinto51, M. Pitkin44, H. J. Pletsch52,53, M. V. Plissi44, R. Poggiani24,25, J. Pöld52,53, F. Postiglione48, C. Poux42, M. Prato5, V. Predoi50, T. Prestegard113, L. R. Price42, M. Prijatelj52,53, M. Principe51, S. Privitera42, R. Prix52,53, G. A. Prodi114,115, L. G. Prokhorov76, O. Puncken52,53, M. Punturo86, P. Puppo14, V. Quetschke74, R. Quitzow-James90, F. J. Raab59, D. S. Rabeling8,54, I. Rácz111, H. Radkins59, P. Raffai66,121, M. Rakhmanov74, C. Ramet49, B. Rankins99, P. Rapagnani14,15, V. Raymond119, V. Re106,107, C. M. Reed59, T. Reed142, T. Regimbau82, S. Reid44, D. H. Reitze42, F. Ricci14,15, R. Riesen49, K. Riles97, M. Roberts67, N. A. Robertson42,44, F. Robinet77, C. Robinson50, E. L. Robinson61, A. Rocchi106, S. Roddy49, C. Rodriguez119, M. Rodruck59, L. Rolland45, J. G. Rollins42, J. D. Romano74, R. Romano46,48, J. H. Romie49, D. Rosińska70,73, C. Röver52,53, S. Rowan44, A. Rüdiger52,53, P. Ruggi63, K. Ryan59, F. Salemi52,53, L. Sammut105, V. Sandberg59, S. Sankar65, V. Sannibale42, L. Santamaría42, I. Santiago-Prieto44, G. Santostasi143, E. Saracco84, B. Sassolas84, B. S. Sathyaprakash50, P. R. 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1 Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de les Zones Costaneres (IGIC) - Universitat Politècnica de València. C/ Paranimf 1 , 46730 Gandia, Spain.
2 CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille, France
3 GRPHE - Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar, 34 rue du Grillenbreit BP 50568 - 68008 Colmar, France
4 Technical University of Catalonia, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Rambla Exposició, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain
5 INFN - Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
6 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
7 Direction des Sciences de la Matière - Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers - Service d'Electronique des Détecteurs et d'Informatique, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
8 Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
9 APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France
10 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Pôle de l'Étoile Site de Château-Gombert, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 38, 13388 Marseille Cedex 13, France
11 INFN - Sezione di Bologna, Viale C. Berti-Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
12 Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
13 IFIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, Edificios Investigación de Paterna, CSIC - Universitat de València, Apdo. de Correos 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
15 Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università La Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
16 Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, BP 10448, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
17 Géoazur - Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS/INSU, IRD, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, BP 48, 06235 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
18 INFN - Sezione di Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
19 INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS), Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy
20 MIO, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Aix-Marseille University, 13288, Marseille, Cedex 9, France; Université du Sud Toulon-Var, 83957, La Garde Cedex, France CNRS-INSU/IRD UM 110
21 Univ Paris-Sud , 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
22 Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut (KVI), University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
23 Direction des Sciences de la Matière - Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers - Service de Physique des Particules, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
24 INFN - Sezione di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy
25 Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy
26 University Mohammed I, Laboratory of Physics of Matter and Radiations, B.P.717, Oujda 6000, Morocco
27 Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Landsdiep 4,1797 SZ 't Horntje (Texel), The Netherlands
28 Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte and ECAP, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Sternwartstr. 7, 96049 Bamberg, Germany
29 Universiteit Utrecht, Faculteit Betawetenschappen, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
30 Universiteit van Amsterdam, Instituut voor Hoge-Energie Fysica, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
31 Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Leninskie gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
32 INFN - Sezione di Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
33 Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia dell'Università, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
34 Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
35 Institute for Space Sciences, R-77125 Bucharest, Măgurele, Romania
36 IPHC-Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien - Université de Strasbourg et CNRS/IN2P3 23 rue du Loess, BP 28, 67037 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
37 ITEP - Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, B. Cheremushkinskaya 25, 117218 Moscow, Russia
38 Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
39 Also at University of Leiden, the Netherlands
40 On leave of absence at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
41 Also at Accademia Navale di Livorno, Livorno, Italy
42 LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.
43 California State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA 92831 U.S.A.
44 SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
45 Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
46 INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
47 Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
48 Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
49 LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, U.S.A.
50 Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
51 University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
52 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
53 Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
54 VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
55 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
56 University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, U.S.A.
57 Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
58 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A.
59 LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, U.S.A.
60 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
61 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
62 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, U.S.A.
63 European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina (PI), Italy
64 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, U.S.A.
65 LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.
66 Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A.
67 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.
68 IM-PAN 00-956 Warsaw, Poland
69 Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
70 CAMK-PAN 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
71 Białystok University 15-424 Białystok, Poland
72 NCBJ 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
73 Institute of Astronomy 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
74 The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX 78520, U.S.A.
75 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, U.S.A.
76 Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
77 LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
78 ESPCI, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
79 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, U.S.A.
80 University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
81 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A.
82 Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
83 Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
84 Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
85 Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, U.S.A.
86 INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
87 Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
88 INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
89 Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
90 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, U.S.A.
91 Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
92 University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 U.S.A.
93 Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
94 University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, U.S.A.
95 Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H8, Canada
96 Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 China
97 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A.
98 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.
99 The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, U.S.A.
100 Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
101 Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.
102 Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
103 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
We present the results of the first search for gravitational wave bursts
associated with high energy neutrinos.
Together, these messengers could reveal
new, hidden sources that are not observed by conventional photon astronomy,
particularly at high energy. Our search uses neutrinos detected by the
underwater neutrino telescope ANTARES in its 5 line configuration during the
period January - September 2007, which coincided with the fifth and first science runs of LIGO and Virgo,
respectively. The LIGO-Virgo data were analysed for
candidate gravitational-wave signals coincident in time and direction with
the neutrino events.
No significant coincident events were observed. We place limits on the
density of joint high energy neutrino - gravitational wave
emission events in the local universe, and compare them with densities of merger and core-collapse events.