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Gravitational waves from compact binary mergers provide a direct measurement of luminosity distance, which, in combination with redshift information, serves as a cosmological probe. In order to statistically infer merger redshifts, the…

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After the first nearly simultaneous joint observations of gravitational-waves and electromagnetic emission produced by the coalescence of a binary neutron star system, another probe of the cosmic expansion which is independent from the…

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The use of gravitational wave standard sirens for cosmological analyses is becoming well known, with particular interest in measuring the Hubble constant, $H_0$, and in shedding light on the current tension between early- and late-time…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-28 Rachel Gray , Chris Messenger , John Veitch

The first observation of a gravitational wave (GW) and a short gamma-ray burst (sGRB) emitted by the same binary neutron star (BNS) merger officially opened the field of GW multimessenger astronomy. In this paper, we define and address…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-07 Leonardo Iampieri , Simone Mastrogiovanni , Francesco Pannarale

Gravitational wave standard sirens enable independent measurements of the Hubble constant $H_0$. In the absence of electromagnetic counterparts, the "dark siren" method statistically correlates GW events with potential host galaxies. We…

The cosmological luminosity-distance can be measured from gravitational wave (GW) standard sirens, free of astronomical distance ladders and the associated systematics. However, it may still contain systematics arising from various…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 Pengjie Zhang , Hai Yu

Multi-messenger observations of coalescing binary neutron stars (BNSs) are a direct probe of the expansion history of the universe and carry the potential to shed light on the disparity between low- and high-redshift measurements of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-20 Michael Müller , Suvodip Mukherjee , Geoffrey Ryan

Gravitational-wave astronomy provides a unique new way to study the expansion history of the Universe. In this work, we investigate the impact future gravitational-wave observatories will have on cosmology. Third-generation observatories…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-03 Zhi-Qiang You , Xing-Jiang Zhu , Gregory Ashton , Eric Thrane , Zong-Hong Zhu

Gravitational wave events with electromagnetic counterparts provide direct measurements of the Hubble diagram. We demonstrate that incorporating weak lensing into bright standard siren analyses allows measurements of cosmological parameters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-18 Ville Vaskonen

The current and next observation seasons will detect hundreds of gravitational waves (GWs) from compact binary systems coalescence at cosmological distances. When combined with independent electromagnetic measurements, the source redshift…

Kilonovae produced by the coalescence of compact binaries with at least one neutron star are promising standard sirens for an independent measurement of the Hubble constant ($H_0$). Through their detection via follow-up of…

Detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from neutron star-black hole (NSBH) standard sirens can provide local measurements of the Hubble constant ($H_0$), regardless of the detection of an electromagnetic (EM) counterpart: The presence of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-26 B. Shiralilou , G. Raaijmakers , B. Duboeuf , S. Nissanke , F. Foucart , T. Hinderer , A. Williamson

The disagreement between early and late Universe electromagnetic measurements of the Hubble constant, $H_0$, known as the Hubble tension, highlights the need for independent and complementary probes. Gravitational-wave events have recently…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Eungwang Seo , Kyungmin Kim , Zhuotao Li , Justin Janquart , Rachel Gray , Martin Hendry

The mergers of supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) can serve as standard sirens: the gravitational wave (GW) analog of standard candles. The upcoming space-borne GW detectors will be able to discover such systems and estimate their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-09 Zhao-Feng Wu , Lok W. L. Chan , Martin Hendry , Otto A. Hannuksela

Gravitational waves (GWs) from compact binary coalescences encode the absolute luminosity distances of GW sources. Once the redshifts of GW sources are known, one can use the distance-redshift relation to constrain cosmological parameters.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-17 Ji-Yu Song , Ling-Feng Wang , Yichao Li , Ze-Wei Zhao , Jing-Fei Zhang , Wen Zhao , Xin Zhang

We present a new constraint on the Hubble constant $H_0$ using a sample of well-localized gravitational wave (GW) events detected during the first three LIGO/Virgo observing runs as dark standard sirens. In the case of dark standard sirens,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-08 Antonella Palmese , Clecio R. Bom , Sunil Mucesh , William G. Hartley

We show that the Big Bang Observer (BBO), a proposed space-based gravitational-wave (GW) detector, would provide ultra-precise measurements of cosmological parameters. By detecting ~300,000 compact-star binaries, and utilizing them as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-29 Curt Cutler , Daniel E. Holz

Accurate estimation of the Hubble constant, and other cosmological parameters, from distances measured by cosmic gravitational wave sirens requires sufficient allowance for the dark energy evolution. We demonstrate how model independent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-17 Ryan E. Keeley , Arman Shafieloo , Benjamin L'Huillier , Eric V. Linder

Observations of the gravitational radiation from well-localized, inspiraling compact object binaries can measure absolute source distances with high accuracy. When coupled with an independent determination of redshift through an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Neal Dalal , Daniel E. Holz , Scott A. Hughes , Bhuvnesh Jain

Gravitational waves emitted by chirping supermassive black hole binaries could in principle be used to obtain very accurate distance determinations. Provided they have an electromagnetic counterpart from which the redshift can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-19 Jakob Jonsson , Ariel Goobar , Edvard Mortsell