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Cosmographic parameters from current and next-generation gravitational wave detectors

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-02-11 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We evaluate the capability of current and next-generation gravitational wave detectors, such as Advanced LIGO, Einstein Telescope and DECIGO, to constrain cosmographic parameters using electromagnetically bright standard sirens. By adopting a third-order Taylor expansion, we analyze how signal-to-noise ratios and the number of events impact the estimates of the Hubble constant (H0H_0), the deceleration (q0q_0) and jerk (j0j_0) parameters. Our results show that while Advanced LIGO provides a calibration-free measurement of H0H_0 at the few-percent level, it remains insensitive to higher-order parameters. In contrast, the Einstein Telescope and DECIGO reach sub-percent accuracy for H0H_0. Notably, DECIGO achieves a precision better than 10\% for the deceleration parameter q0q_0 and a few tens of percent for the jerk parameter j0j_0.

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@article{arxiv.2602.05969,
  title  = {Cosmographic parameters from current and next-generation gravitational wave detectors},
  author = {Jonathan Morais and Rodrigo Gonçalves and Jailson Alcaniz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.05969},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

26 pages, 6 figures, 6 tables

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