Searching for GRB Counterparts to Gravitational-wave Events from the Third Gravitational Wave Observing Run with Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT

We present Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM) and Swift Burst Alert Telescope (Swift-BAT) observations of gravitational-wave (GW) events detected during the third LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Collaboration observing run (O3). Using Fermi-GBM on-board triggers as well as sub-threshold searches in both Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT ground data, we search for coincident gamma-ray transients associated with the GW events. No new joint events were found. We therefore calculate flux upper limits for the associated gamma-ray luminosity of each GW event. Using the lack of electromagnetic (EM) emission from binary black hole (BBH) mergers, we begin to constrain theoretical models of any such emission.