A Dark Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant with the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Event GW190412 and DESI Galaxies
Abstract
Abstract We present a measurement of the Hubble Constant H 0 using the gravitational wave event GW190412, an asymmetric binary black hole merger detected by LIGO/Virgo, as a dark standard siren. This event does not have an electromagnetic counterpart, so we use the statistical standard siren method and marginalize over potential host galaxies from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey. GW190412 is well-localized to 12 deg 2 (90% credible interval), so it is promising for a dark siren analysis. The dark siren value for km s −1 Mpc −1 , with a posterior shape that is consistent with redshift overdensities. When combined with the bright standard siren measurement from GW170817 we recover km s −1 Mpc −1 , consistent with both early and late-time Universe measurements of H 0 . This work represents the first standard siren analysis performed with DESI data, and includes the most complete spectroscopic sample used in a dark siren analysis to date.
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- Research Notes of the AAS
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- Journal Name: Research Notes of the AAS Journal Volume: 7 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2515-5172
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- United Kingdom
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Ballard, W., Palmese, A., Hernandez, I. Magaña, BenZvi, S., Moon, J., Ross, A. J., Rossi, G., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Blum, R., Brooks, D., Claybaugh, T., de la Macorra, A., Dey, A., Doel, P., Forero-Romero, J. E., A Gontcho, S. Gontcho, Honscheid, K., Kremin, A., Manera, M., Meisner, A., Miquel, R., Moustakas, J., Prada, F., Sanchez, E., Tarlé, G., Zhou, Z., and DESI Collaboration. A Dark Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant with the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Event GW190412 and DESI Galaxies. United Kingdom: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ad0eda.
Ballard, W., Palmese, A., Hernandez, I. Magaña, BenZvi, S., Moon, J., Ross, A. J., Rossi, G., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Blum, R., Brooks, D., Claybaugh, T., de la Macorra, A., Dey, A., Doel, P., Forero-Romero, J. E., A Gontcho, S. Gontcho, Honscheid, K., Kremin, A., Manera, M., Meisner, A., Miquel, R., Moustakas, J., Prada, F., Sanchez, E., Tarlé, G., Zhou, Z., & DESI Collaboration. A Dark Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant with the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Event GW190412 and DESI Galaxies. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ad0eda
Ballard, W., Palmese, A., Hernandez, I. Magaña, BenZvi, S., Moon, J., Ross, A. J., Rossi, G., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Blum, R., Brooks, D., Claybaugh, T., de la Macorra, A., Dey, A., Doel, P., Forero-Romero, J. E., A Gontcho, S. Gontcho, Honscheid, K., Kremin, A., Manera, M., Meisner, A., Miquel, R., Moustakas, J., Prada, F., Sanchez, E., Tarlé, G., Zhou, Z., and DESI Collaboration. Mon .
"A Dark Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant with the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Event GW190412 and DESI Galaxies". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ad0eda.
@article{osti_2221889,
title = {A Dark Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant with the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Event GW190412 and DESI Galaxies},
author = {Ballard, W. and Palmese, A. and Hernandez, I. Magaña and BenZvi, S. and Moon, J. and Ross, A. J. and Rossi, G. and Aguilar, J. and Ahlen, S. and Blum, R. and Brooks, D. and Claybaugh, T. and de la Macorra, A. and Dey, A. and Doel, P. and Forero-Romero, J. E. and A Gontcho, S. Gontcho and Honscheid, K. and Kremin, A. and Manera, M. and Meisner, A. and Miquel, R. and Moustakas, J. and Prada, F. and Sanchez, E. and Tarlé, G. and Zhou, Z. and DESI Collaboration},
abstractNote = {Abstract We present a measurement of the Hubble Constant H 0 using the gravitational wave event GW190412, an asymmetric binary black hole merger detected by LIGO/Virgo, as a dark standard siren. This event does not have an electromagnetic counterpart, so we use the statistical standard siren method and marginalize over potential host galaxies from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey. GW190412 is well-localized to 12 deg 2 (90% credible interval), so it is promising for a dark siren analysis. The dark siren value for H 0 = 85.4 − 33.9 + 29.1 km s −1 Mpc −1 , with a posterior shape that is consistent with redshift overdensities. When combined with the bright standard siren measurement from GW170817 we recover H 0 = 77.96 − 5.03 + 23.0 km s −1 Mpc −1 , consistent with both early and late-time Universe measurements of H 0 . This work represents the first standard siren analysis performed with DESI data, and includes the most complete spectroscopic sample used in a dark siren analysis to date.},
doi = {10.3847/2515-5172/ad0eda},
journal = {Research Notes of the AAS},
number = 11,
volume = 7,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Mon Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2023},
month = {Mon Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2023}
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https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ad0eda
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