A Statistical Standard Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant from the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Compact Object Merger GW190814 and Dark Energy Survey Galaxies

A. Palmese; J. Devicente; M. E.S. Pereira; J. Annis; W. Hartley; K. Herner; M. Soares-Santos; M. Crocce; D. Huterer; I. Magaa Hernandez; A. Garcia; J. Garcia-Bellido; J. Gschwend; D. E. Holz; R. Kessler; O. Lahav; R. Morgan; C. Nicolaou; C. Conselice; R. J. Foley; M. S.S. Gill; T. M.C. Abbott; M. Aguena; S. Allam; S. Avila; K. Bechtol; E. Bertin; S. Bhargava; D. Brooks; E. Buckley-Geer; D. L. Burke; M. Carrasco Kind; J. Carretero; F. J. Castander; C. Chang; M. Costanzi; L. N.Da Costa; T. M. Davis; S. Desai; H. T. Diehl; P. Doel; A. Drlica-Wagner; J. Estrada; S. Everett; A. E. Evrard; E. Fernandez; D. A. Finley; B. Flaugher; P. Fosalba; J. Frieman; E. Gaztanaga; D. W. Gerdes; D. Gruen; R. A. Gruendl; G. Gutierrez; S. R. Hinton; D. L. Hollowood; K. Honscheid; D. J. James; S. Kent; E. Krause; K. Kuehn; H. Lin; M. A.G. Maia; M. March; J. L. Marshall; P. Melchior; F. Menanteau; R. Miquel; R. L.C. Ogando; F. Paz-Chinchón; A. A. Plazas; A. Roodman; M. Sako; E. Sanchez; V. Scarpine; M. Schubnell; S. Serrano; I. Sevilla-Noarbe; J. Allyn Smith; M. Smith; E. Suchyta; G. Tarle; M. A. Troxel; D. L. Tucker; A. R. Walker; W. Wester; R. D. Wilkinson; J. Zuntz

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A Statistical Standard Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant from the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Compact Object Merger GW190814 and Dark Energy Survey Galaxies

A. Palmese, J. Devicente, M. E.S. Pereira, J. Annis, W. Hartley, K. Herner, M. Soares-Santos, M. Crocce, D. Huterer, I. Magaa Hernandez, A. Garcia, J. Garcia-Bellido, J. Gschwend, D. E. Holz, R. Kessler, O. Lahav, R. Morgan, C. Nicolaou, C. Conselice, R. J. FoleyM. S.S. Gill, T. M.C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, S. Avila, K. Bechtol, E. Bertin, S. Bhargava, D. Brooks, E. Buckley-Geer, D. L. Burke, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, C. Chang, M. Costanzi, L. N.Da Costa, T. M. Davis, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, A. Drlica-Wagner, J. Estrada, S. Everett, A. E. Evrard, E. Fernandez, D. A. Finley, B. Flaugher, P. Fosalba, J. Frieman, E. Gaztanaga, D. W. Gerdes, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, S. Kent, E. Krause, K. Kuehn, H. Lin, M. A.G. Maia, M. March, J. L. Marshall, P. Melchior, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, R. L.C. Ogando, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. A. Plazas, A. Roodman, M. Sako, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, M. Schubnell, S. Serrano, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, J. Allyn Smith, M. Smith, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, M. A. Troxel, D. L. Tucker, A. R. Walker, W. Wester, R. D. Wilkinson, J. Zuntz

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We present a measurement of the Hubble constant H 0 using the gravitational wave (GW) event GW190814, which resulted from the coalescence of a 23 M o˙ black hole with a 2.6 M o˙ compact object, as a standard siren. No compelling electromagnetic counterpart has been identified for this event; thus our analysis accounts for thousands of potential host galaxies within a statistical framework. The redshift information is obtained from the photometric redshift (photo-z) catalog from the Dark Energy Survey. The luminosity distance is provided by the LIGO/Virgo gravitational wave sky map. Since this GW event has the second-smallest localization volume after GW170817, GW190814 is likely to provide the best constraint on cosmology from a single standard siren without identifying an electromagnetic counterpart. Our analysis uses photo-z probability distribution functions and corrects for photo-z biases. We also reanalyze the binary black hole GW170814 within this updated framework. We explore how our findings impact the H 0 constraints from GW170817, the only GW merger associated with a unique host galaxy. From a combination of GW190814, GW170814, and GW170817, our analysis yields uniform between. The addition of GW190814 and GW170814 to GW170817 improves the 68% HDI from GW170817 alone by ∼18%, showing how well-localized mergers without counterparts can provide a significant contribution to standard siren measurements, provided that a complete galaxy catalog is available at the location of the event.

Original language	English
Article number	L33
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	900
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abaeff
State	Published - Sep 10 2020

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Palmese, A., Devicente, J., Pereira, M. E. S., Annis, J., Hartley, W., Herner, K., Soares-Santos, M., Crocce, M., Huterer, D., Magaa Hernandez, I., Garcia, A., Garcia-Bellido, J., Gschwend, J., Holz, D. E., Kessler, R., Lahav, O., Morgan, R., Nicolaou, C., Conselice, C., ... Zuntz, J. (2020). A Statistical Standard Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant from the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Compact Object Merger GW190814 and Dark Energy Survey Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 900(2), Article L33. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abaeff

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AU - Pereira, M. E.S.

AU - Annis, J.

AU - Hartley, W.

AU - Herner, K.

AU - Soares-Santos, M.

AU - Crocce, M.

AU - Huterer, D.

AU - Magaa Hernandez, I.

AU - Garcia, A.

AU - Garcia-Bellido, J.

AU - Gschwend, J.

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AU - Conselice, C.

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AU - Aguena, M.

AU - Allam, S.

AU - Avila, S.

AU - Bechtol, K.

AU - Bertin, E.

AU - Bhargava, S.

AU - Brooks, D.

AU - Buckley-Geer, E.

AU - Burke, D. L.

AU - Kind, M. Carrasco

AU - Carretero, J.

AU - Castander, F. J.

AU - Chang, C.

AU - Costanzi, M.

AU - Costa, L. N.Da

AU - Davis, T. M.

AU - Desai, S.

AU - Diehl, H. T.

AU - Doel, P.

AU - Drlica-Wagner, A.

AU - Estrada, J.

AU - Everett, S.

AU - Evrard, A. E.

AU - Fernandez, E.

AU - Finley, D. A.

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AU - Honscheid, K.

AU - James, D. J.

AU - Kent, S.

AU - Krause, E.

AU - Kuehn, K.

AU - Lin, H.

AU - Maia, M. A.G.

AU - March, M.

AU - Marshall, J. L.

AU - Melchior, P.

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AU - Sanchez, E.

AU - Scarpine, V.

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AU - Serrano, S.

AU - Sevilla-Noarbe, I.

AU - Smith, J. Allyn

AU - Smith, M.

AU - Suchyta, E.

AU - Tarle, G.

AU - Troxel, M. A.

AU - Tucker, D. L.

AU - Walker, A. R.

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AU - Wilkinson, R. D.

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A Statistical Standard Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant from the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Compact Object Merger GW190814 and Dark Energy Survey Galaxies

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