Cross-correlating dark sirens and galaxies: measurement of $H_0$ from GWTC-3 of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA

We measure the Hubble constant of the Universe using spatial cross-correlation between gravitational wave (GW) sources without electromagnetic counterparts from the third GW Transient Catalog (GWTC-3), and the photometric galaxy surveys 2MPZ and WISE-SuperCOSMOS. Using the eight well-localised GW ev...

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Published inThe Astrophysical journal Vol. 975; no. 2
Main Authors Mukherjee, Suvodip, Krolewski, Alex, Wandelt, Benjamin D., Silk, Joseph
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published American Astronomical Society 2024
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Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Physics
localization
LIGO
confidence limit
gravitational radiation
correlation
matter: density
neutron star: binary
electromagnetic
mass spectrum
VIRGO
Hubble constant
galaxy
KAGRA
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ISSN0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI10.3847/1538-4357/ad7d90

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Summary:We measure the Hubble constant of the Universe using spatial cross-correlation between gravitational wave (GW) sources without electromagnetic counterparts from the third GW Transient Catalog (GWTC-3), and the photometric galaxy surveys 2MPZ and WISE-SuperCOSMOS. Using the eight well-localised GW events, we obtain Hubble constant $H_0= 68.2_{-6.2}^{+26.0}$ km/s/Mpc (median and 68.3$\%$ equal-tailed interval (ETI)) after marginalizing over the matter density and the GW bias parameters. Though the constraints are weak due to a limited number of GW sources and poor sky localization, they are not subject to assumptions regarding the GW mass distribution. By combining this measurement with the Hubble constant measurement from binary neutron star GW170817, we find a value of Hubble constant $H_0= 67.0_{-3.8}^{+6.3}$ km/s/Mpc (median and 68.3$\%$ ETI).
ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/ad7d90