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Spectral-siren cosmology constrains the Hubble constant $H_0$ using gravitational-wave observations of compact-binary coalescences. The method combines luminosity distances inferred from the waveform with redshift information statistically…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 Alessandro Agapito , Viola De Renzis , Michele Mancarella

We summarise a new approach for measuring the Hubble constant using standard sirens and the reconstructed matter density field obtained from observed galaxy surveys. Specifically, we describe and test this method using the Bayesian…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 Supranta S. Boruah , Ghazal Geshnizjani , Guilhem Lavaux

The LIGO Scientific, Virgo, and KAGRA collaboration has identified two binary neutron star merger candidates, GW170817 and GW190425, along with several binary black hole candidates. While GW170817 was confirmed as a BNS merger through its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-11 Sanika Khadkikar , Divya Singh

Space-borne gravitational wave detectors, such as the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, are expected to observe black hole coalescences to high redshift and with large signal-to-noise ratios, rendering their gravitational waves…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-29 Nicolas Yunes , Frans Pretorius , David Spergel

We present the first test of coasting cosmological models with gravitational-wave standard sirens observed in the first three observing runs of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detector network. We apply the statistical galaxy catalog method adapted to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-21 Peter Raffai , Mária Pálfi , Gergely Dálya , Rachel Gray

We measure for the first time the Hubble constant ($H_0$) from the cross-correlation of galaxies and gravitational waves (GW), by applying the $\textit{Peak Sirens}$ method. This method consists of finding the peak of the 3D angular…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-18 Isabela Santiago de Matos , Charles Dalang , Tessa Baker , Raul Abramo , João Ferri , Miguel Quartin

As two neutron stars merge, they emit gravitational waves that can potentially be detected by earth bound detectors. Matched-filtering based algorithms have traditionally been used to extract quiet signals embedded in noise. We introduce a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-29 Marlin B. Schäfer , Frank Ohme , Alexander H. Nitz

We study the angular power spectrum of gravitational-wave and galaxy catalogs in tomographic redshift and distance bins as a probe of late-time cosmology, focusing specifically on next-generation ground-based interferometers in combination…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-15 Alessandro Pedrotti , Michele Mancarella , Julien Bel , Davide Gerosa

Gravitational waves (GWs) from supermassive binary black hole (BBH) inspirals are potentially powerful standard sirens (the GW analog to standard candles) (Schutz 1986, 2002). Because these systems are well-modeled, the space-based GW…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Daniel E. Holz , Scott A. Hughes

In this proceedings, we are interested in dark gravitational wave standard sirens and their use for cosmology and for constraining modified gravity theories. Due to the extra friction term introduced in their propagation equation those…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-15 Konstantin Leyde , Simone Mastrogiovanni , Danièle A. Steer , Eric Chassande-Mottin , Christos Karathanasis

Advanced LIGO and Virgo have so far detected gravitational waves from 10 binary black hole mergers (BBH) and 1 binary neutron star merger (BNS). In the future, we expect the detection of many more marginal sources, since compact binary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-03 Yiwen Huang , Hannah Middleton , Ken K. -Y. Ng , Salvatore Vitale , John Veitch

The vast majority of gravitational-wave signals from stellar-mass compact binary mergers are too weak to be individually detected with present-day instruments and instead contribute to a faint, persistent background. This astrophysical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-19 Arianna I. Renzini , Thomas A. Callister , Katerina Chatziioannou , Will M. Farr

Gravitational waves (GWs) directly measure the luminosity distance to the merger, which, when combined with an independent measurement of the source's redshift, provides a novel probe of cosmology. The proposed next generation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-11 Christine Ye , Maya Fishbach

Dark sirens, i.e., gravitational-wave (GW) sources without electromagnetic counterparts, are new probes of the expansion of the universe. The efficacy of this method relies on correctly localizing the host galaxies. However, recent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-05 Liang-Gui Zhu , Xian Chen

Next generation gravitational waves (GWs) observatories are expected to measure GW signals with unprecedented sensitivity, opening new, independent avenues to learn about our Universe. The distance-redshift relation is a fulcrum for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-19 Sofia Canevarolo , Nora Elisa Chisari

On August 17, 2017 at 12:41:04 UTC the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors made their first observation of a binary neutron star inspiral. The signal, GW170817, was detected with a combined signal-to-noise ratio of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-17 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , The Virgo Collaboration

The propagation of gravitational waves (GWs) at cosmological distances offers a new way to test the gravitational interaction at the largest scales. Many modified theories of gravity, usually introduced to explain the observed acceleration…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-13 Maxence Corman , Abhirup Ghosh , Celia Escamilla-Rivera , Martin A. Hendry , Sylvain Marsat , Nicola Tamanini

In order to extract information about the properties of compact binaries, we must estimate the noise power spectral density of gravitational-wave data, which depends on the properties of the gravitational-wave detector. In practice, it is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-18 Colm Talbot , Eric Thrane

We study the detectability of gravitational-wave signals from sub-solar mass binary neutron star systems by the current generation of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. We find that finite size effects from large tidal…

One of the key challenges of real-time detection and parameter estimation of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers is the computational cost of conventional matched-filtering and Bayesian inference approaches. In particular, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-30 Plamen G. Krastev , Kiranjyot Gill , V. Ashley Villar , Edo Berger