A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo

verfasst von: The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , Virgo Collaboration , B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, S. Abraham, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, G. Allen, A. Allocca, M. A. Aloy, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, S. Anand, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. V. Angelova, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, J. S. Areeda, M. Arène, N. Arnaud, S. M. Aronson, K. G. Arun, S. Ascenzi, G. Ashton, S. L. Danilishin, K. Danzmann, M. Heurs, H. Lück, D. Steinmeyer, H. Vahlbruch, L. -W. Wei, D. M. Wilken, B. Willke, H. Wittel, Sukanta Bose, D. D. Brown, Y. B. Chen, Hai-Ping Cheng, J. Gniesmer, Manuela Hanke, J. Hennig, M. T. Hübner, R. N. Lang, C. H. Lee, H. K. Lee, H. M. Lee, H. W. Lee, J. Lee, K. Lee, X. Li, C. A. Rose, D. Rose, J. R. Sanders, Patricia Schmidt, L. Sun, Y. F. Wang, D. S. Wu, L. Zhang, X. J. Zhu, Minchuan Zhou, G. Bergmann, Aparna Bisht, Nina Bode, P. Booker, Marc Brinkmann, M. Cabero, O. de Varona, S. Hochheim, J. Junker, Stefan Kaufer, S. Khan, R. Kirchhoff, Patrick Koch, N. Koper, S. M. Köhlenbeck, C. Krämer, Volker Kringel, G. Kuehn, S. Leavey, J. Lehmann, James Lough, Moritz Mehmet, Fabian Meylahn, Arunava Mukherjee, Nikhil Mukund, M. Nery, F. Ohme, P. Oppermann, A. Rüdiger, M. Phelps, M. Standke, M. Steinke, Y. Setyawati, Emil Schreiber, B. W. Schulte, Michael Weinert, F. Wellmann, Peter Weßels, W. Winkler, J. Woehler, Peter Aufmuth
Abstract: This paper presents the gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant $H_0$ using the detections from the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detector network. The presence of the transient electromagnetic counterpart of the binary neutron star GW170817 led to the first standard-siren measurement of $H_0$. Here we additionally use binary black hole detections in conjunction with galaxy catalogs and report a joint measurement. Our updated measurement is $H_0 = 69^{+16}_{-8}$ km/s/Mpc (68.3\% highest density posterior interval with a flat-in-log prior) which is an improvement by a factor of 1.04 (about 4\%) over the GW170817-only value of $69^{+17}_{-8}$ km/s/Mpc. A significant additional contribution currently comes from GW170814, a loud and well-localized detection from a part of the sky thoroughly covered by the Dark Energy Survey. With numerous detections anticipated over the upcoming years, an exhaustive understanding of other systematic effects are also going to become increasingly important. These results establish the path to cosmology using gravitational-wave observations with and without transient electromagnetic counterparts.
Organisationseinheit(en): QUEST Leibniz Forschungsschule
Institut für Gravitationsphysik
QuantumFrontiers
Externe Organisation(en): Australian National University
Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)
Washington State University Pullman
University of Adelaide
University of Florida (UF)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Universität Hamburg
Monash University
LIGO Laboratory
Inje University
Stanford University
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
California State University Fullerton
The California State University
Radboud Universität Nijmegen (RU)
University of Melbourne
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Northwestern University
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Astrophysical Journal
Band: 909
Anzahl der Seiten: 21
ISSN: 0004-637X
Publikationsdatum: 19.03.2021
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Astronomie und Astrophysik, Astronomie und Planetologie
Elektronische Version(en): https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.06060 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abdcb7 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.15488/11452 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4267 (Zugang: Offen)
: Details im Forschungsportal „Research@Leibniz University“

BibTeX

@article{1e51105717d146399ce15be28eb5fcf5,
title = "A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo",
abstract = "This paper presents the gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant (H 0) using the detections from the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detector network. The presence of the transient electromagnetic counterpart of the binary neutron star GW170817 led to the first standard-siren measurement of H 0. Here we additionally use binary black hole detections in conjunction with galaxy catalogs and report a joint measurement. Our updated measurement is H 0 = km s-1 Mpc-1 (68.3% of the highest density posterior interval with a flat-in-log prior) which is an improvement by a factor of 1.04 (about 4%) over the GW170817-only value of km s-1 Mpc-1. A significant additional contribution currently comes from GW170814, a loud and well-localized detection from a part of the sky thoroughly covered by the Dark Energy Survey. With numerous detections anticipated over the upcoming years, an exhaustive understanding of other systematic effects are also going to become increasingly important. These results establish the path to cosmology using gravitational-wave observations with and without transient electromagnetic counterparts.",
keywords = "astro-ph.CO, gr-qc",
author = "{The LIGO Scientific Collaboration} and {The Virgo Collaboration} and Abbott, {B. P.} and R. Abbott and Abbott, {T. D.} and S. Abraham and F. Acernese and K. Ackley and C. Adams and Adhikari, {R. X.} and Adya, {V. B.} and C. Affeldt and M. Agathos and K. Agatsuma and N. Aggarwal and Aguiar, {O. D.} and L. Aiello and A. Ain and P. Ajith and G. Allen and A. Allocca and Aloy, {M. A.} and Altin, {P. A.} and A. Amato and S. Anand and A. Ananyeva and Anderson, {S. B.} and Anderson, {W. G.} and Angelova, {S. V.} and S. Antier and S. Appert and K. Arai and Araya, {M. C.} and Areeda, {J. S.} and M. Ar{\`e}ne and N. Arnaud and Aronson, {S. M.} and Arun, {K. G.} and S. Ascenzi and G. Ashton and Danilishin, {S. L.} and K. Danzmann and M. Heurs and H. L{\"u}ck and D. Steinmeyer and H. Vahlbruch and Wei, {L. -W.} and Wilken, {D. M.} and B. Willke and H. Wittel and Sukanta Bose and Brown, {D. D.} and Chen, {Y. B.} and Hai-Ping Cheng and J. Gniesmer and Manuela Hanke and J. Hennig and H{\"u}bner, {M. T.} and Lang, {R. N.} and Lee, {C. H.} and Lee, {H. K.} and Lee, {H. M.} and Lee, {H. W.} and J. Lee and K. Lee and X. Li and Rose, {C. A.} and D. Rose and Sanders, {J. R.} and Patricia Schmidt and L. Sun and Wang, {Y. F.} and Wu, {D. S.} and L. Zhang and Zhu, {X. J.} and Minchuan Zhou and G. Bergmann and Aparna Bisht and Nina Bode and P. Booker and Marc Brinkmann and M. Cabero and {de Varona}, O. and S. Hochheim and J. Junker and Stefan Kaufer and S. Khan and R. Kirchhoff and Patrick Koch and N. Koper and K{\"o}hlenbeck, {S. M.} and C. Kr{\"a}mer and Volker Kringel and G. Kuehn and S. Leavey and J. Lehmann and James Lough and Moritz Mehmet and Fabian Meylahn and Arunava Mukherjee and Nikhil Mukund and M. Nery and F. Ohme and P. Oppermann and A. R{\"u}diger and M. Phelps and M. Standke and M. Steinke and Y. Setyawati and Emil Schreiber and Schulte, {B. W.} and Michael Weinert and F. Wellmann and Peter We{\ss}els and W. Winkler and J. Woehler and Peter Aufmuth",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
day = "19",
doi = "10.3847/1538-4357/abdcb7",
language = "English",
volume = "909",
journal = "Astrophysical Journal",
issn = "0004-637X",
publisher = "American Astronomical Society",
number = "2",
}

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