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FRB cosmology with the RM-PRS Luminosity Correlation

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-01-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have emerged as a powerful tool for cosmological studies, particularly through the dispersion measure-redshift (DMz\mathrm{DM}-z) relation. This work proposes a novel calibration method for FRBs using the Yang-Li-Zhang (YLZ) empirical relation, which links the rotation measure (RM) of FRBs to the luminosity of their associated persistent radio sources (PRS). We demonstrate that this approach provides independent constraints on cosmological parameters, bypassing limitations inherent to traditional DMz\mathrm{DM}-z method. Utilizing the current sample of four YLZ-calibrated FRBs, we derive a Hubble constant measurement of H0=86.1814.99+18.03 km s1 Mpc1H_0 = 86.18_{-14.99}^{+18.03}\ \mathrm{km\ s^{-1}\ Mpc^{-1}} (68\% CL). Monte Carlo simulations indicate that a future catalog of 400 FRB-PSR systems could reduce the relative uncertainty of H0H_0 to 4.5\%. Combining YLZ-calibrated FRBs with DMz\mathrm{DM}-z sample reveals critical synergies: joint analysis of equalized samples (N=100N=100 for both methods) reduces the relative uncertainty of H0H_0 to 2.9\%, mainly because the incorporation of PRS observations substantially mitigates the degeneracy between the parameters such as IGM baryon mass fraction (fIGMf_{\rm IGM}) and other cosmological parameters inherent to the DMz\mathrm{DM}-z relation.

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@article{arxiv.2504.15119,
  title  = {FRB cosmology with the RM-PRS Luminosity Correlation},
  author = {Ran Gao and He Gao and Zhengxiang Li and Yuan-Pei Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.15119},
  year   = {2026}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures;

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