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Area of Science:

  • Cosmology
  • Astrophysics
  • Gravitational-wave astronomy

Background:

  • Discrepancies in Hubble constant measurements from various probes necessitate improved understanding or new physics.
  • The standard siren method, utilizing gravitational waves from binary mergers, offers an independent way to measure the Hubble constant.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for mitigating systematic biases in standard siren Hubble constant measurements caused by electromagnetic counterpart selection effects.
  • To assess the effectiveness of the proposed formalism in reducing uncertainty for future Hubble constant determinations.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a novel formalism to correct for selection biases in electromagnetic counterpart observations of gravitational-wave sources.
  • Simulation of a population of 200 standard siren observations using a realistic electromagnetic emission model to test the formalism's performance.

Main Results:

  • The proposed formalism significantly reduces systematic uncertainty in Hubble constant measurements derived from standard sirens.
  • The method achieves a systematic uncertainty below the statistical uncertainty (≲1%) for a simulated dataset.

Conclusions:

  • The developed formalism effectively mitigates the impact of counterpart selection effects on standard siren Hubble constant measurements.
  • The approach shows promise for improving the precision of Hubble constant measurements and contributing to the resolution of cosmological tensions.
  • The study outlines strategies for applying the formalism across diverse electromagnetic emission types and observational scenarios.