Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC-3

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Autoren

  • The LIGO Scientific Collaboration
  • Virgo Collaboration
  • the KAGRA Collaboration
  • M. Carlassara
  • K. Danzmann
  • M. Heurs
  • A. Hreibi
  • N. Knust
  • J. Lehmann
  • D. Wilken
  • B. Willke
  • D. S. Wu
  • T. Klinger
  • P. Li
  • H. Pham
  • C. Affeldt
  • F. Bergamin
  • A. Bisht
  • N. Bode
  • P. Booker
  • M. Brinkmann
  • N. Gohlke
  • A. Heidt
  • J. Heinze
  • S. Hochheim
  • W. Kastaun
  • R. Kirchhoff
  • P. Koch
  • N. Koper
  • V. Kringel
  • G. Kuehn
  • S. Leavey
  • J. D. Lough
  • M. Matiushechkina
  • M. Mehmet
  • F. Meylahn
  • N. Mukund
  • S. L. Nadji
  • M. Nery
  • F. Ohme
  • M. Schneewind
  • B. W. Schulte
  • B. F. Schutz
  • Y. Setyawati
  • J. Venneberg
  • J. von Wrangel
  • M. Weinert
  • F. Wellmann
  • Peter Weßels
  • J. Woehler
  • Jonas Junker

Externe Organisationen

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)
  • Maastricht University
  • Universität Hamburg
  • University of Cambridge
  • Wuhan University
  • LIGO Laboratory
  • Utrecht University
  • Cardiff University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer76
FachzeitschriftAstrophysical Journal
Jahrgang949
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 7 Juni 2023

Abstract

We use 47 gravitational-wave sources from the Third LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-3) to estimate the Hubble parameter \(H(z)\), including its current value, the Hubble constant \(H_0\). Each gravitational-wave (GW) signal provides the luminosity distance to the source and we estimate the corresponding redshift using two methods: the redshifted masses and a galaxy catalog. Using the binary black hole (BBH) redshifted masses, we simultaneously infer the source mass distribution and \(H(z)\). The source mass distribution displays a peak around \(34\, {\rm M_\odot}\), followed by a drop-off. Assuming this mass scale does not evolve with redshift results in a \(H(z)\) measurement, yielding \(H_0=68^{+12}_{-7} {\rm km\,s^{-1}\,Mpc^{-1}}\) (\(68\%\) credible interval) when combined with the \(H_0\) measurement from GW170817 and its electromagnetic counterpart. This represents an improvement of 17% with respect to the \(H_0\) estimate from GWTC-1. The second method associates each GW event with its probable host galaxy in the catalog GLADE+, statistically marginalizing over the redshifts of each event's potential hosts. Assuming a fixed BBH population, we estimate a value of \(H_0=68^{+8}_{-6} {\rm km\,s^{-1}\,Mpc^{-1}}\) with the galaxy catalog method, an improvement of 42% with respect to our GWTC-1 result and 20% with respect to recent \(H_0\) studies using GWTC-2 events. However, we show that this result is strongly impacted by assumptions about the BBH source mass distribution; the only event which is not strongly impacted by such assumptions (and is thus informative about \(H_0\)) is the well-localized event GW190814.

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Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC-3. / The LIGO Scientific Collaboration; Virgo Collaboration; the KAGRA Collaboration et al.
in: Astrophysical Journal, Jahrgang 949, Nr. 2, 76, 07.06.2023.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, Carlassara, M, Danzmann, K, Heurs, M, Hreibi, A, Knust, N, Lehmann, J, Wilken, D, Willke, B, Wu, DS, Klinger, T, Li, P, Pham, H, Affeldt, C, Bergamin, F, Bisht, A, Bode, N, Booker, P, Brinkmann, M, Gohlke, N, Heidt, A, Heinze, J, Hochheim, S, Kastaun, W, Kirchhoff, R, Koch, P, Koper, N, Kringel, V, Kuehn, G, Leavey, S, Lough, JD, Matiushechkina, M, Mehmet, M, Meylahn, F, Mukund, N, Nadji, SL, Nery, M, Ohme, F, Schneewind, M, Schulte, BW, Schutz, BF, Setyawati, Y, Venneberg, J, von Wrangel, J, Weinert, M, Wellmann, F, Weßels, P, Woehler, J & Junker, J 2023, 'Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC-3', Astrophysical Journal, Jg. 949, Nr. 2, 76. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac74bb
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, Carlassara, M., Danzmann, K., Heurs, M., Hreibi, A., Knust, N., Lehmann, J., Wilken, D., Willke, B., Wu, D. S., Klinger, T., Li, P., Pham, H., Affeldt, C., Bergamin, F., Bisht, A., Bode, N., ... Junker, J. (2023). Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC-3. Astrophysical Journal, 949(2), Artikel 76. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac74bb
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, Carlassara M, Danzmann K, Heurs M et al. Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC-3. Astrophysical Journal. 2023 Jun 7;949(2):76. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac74bb
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ; Virgo Collaboration ; the KAGRA Collaboration et al. / Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC-3. in: Astrophysical Journal. 2023 ; Jahrgang 949, Nr. 2.
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