TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 26633 SUBJECT: Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Observations of IceCube-191231A DATE: 20/01/02 23:33:39 GMT FROM: Simone Garrappa at DESY S. Garrappa (DESY-Zeuthen) and S. Buson (Univ. of Wuerzburg) on behalf of the Fermi-LAT collaboration: We report an analysis of observations of the vicinity of the high-energy IC191231A neutrino event (GCN 26620) with all-sky survey data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT), on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The IceCube event was detected on 2019-12-31 11:00:06.08 UT (T0) with J2000 position RA = 46.36 (+ 4.27 - 3.47) deg, Decl. = 20.42 (+ 2.11, - 2.80) deg 90% PSF containment. Five cataloged >100 MeV gamma-ray sources (The Fermi-LAT Collaboration 2019, arXiv:1902.10045) are located within the 90% IC191231A localization error. Based on a preliminary analysis of the LAT data over the timescales of 1-day and 1-month prior to T0, these objects are not significantly detected at gamma-rays. We searched for the existence of intermediate (months to years) timescale emission from a new gamma-ray transient source. Preliminary analysis indicates no significant (>5sigma) new excess emission (> 100 MeV) within the IC191231A 90% confidence localization. Assuming a power-law spectrum (photon index = 2.0 fixed) for a point source at the IceCube best-fit position, the >100 MeV flux upper limit (95% confidence) is < 3e-10 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for ~11-years (2008-08-04 / 2019-12-31 UTC), < 1e-8 (< 2e-7) ph cm^-2 s^-1 for a 1-month (1-day) integration time before T0. Since Fermi normally operates in an all-sky scanning mode, regular monitoring of this source will continue. For this source the Fermi-LAT contact person are S. Garrappa (simone.garrappa at desy.de ) and S. Buson (sara.buson at uni-wuerzburg.de ). The Fermi LAT is a pair conversion telescope designed to cover the energy band from 20 MeV to greater than 300 GeV. It is the product of an international collaboration between NASA and DOE in the U.S. and many scientific institutions across France, Italy, Japan and Sweden.