標準サイレンの 2% のハッブル定数測定は5年以内に
Hsin-Yu Chen1,2, Maya Fishbach3, Daniel E Holz3,4,5
1Black Hole Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. hsinyuchen@fas.harvard.edu.
Nature
|October 19, 2018
まとめ
宇宙の膨張速度である ハッブル定数を 測る新しい方法を提供します LIGOとVirgoによる将来の検出は この測定を精密にし 宇宙の膨張の不一致を 解明するのに役立ちます
科学分野:
- 宇宙学
- 天体物理学
- 重力波天文学
背景:
- ハッブル定数 (H0) は 宇宙の膨張速度を測るものです
- 局所 (超新星) と初期宇宙 (CMB) のデータからの現在のH0測定は,有意な緊張 (~3σ) を示しています.
- 重力波 (GW) 天文学は,H0を測定するための独立した方法を提供しています.
研究 の 目的:
- ハッブル定数を制約する将来の重力波検出の可能性を評価する.
- 標準サイレンのGWが現在のH0の不一致をどのように解決できるかを調査する.
- 暗黒エネルギーの理解のための正確なH0測定の含意を探求する.
主な方法:
- LIGOとVirgoによって検出された二重中性子星の合併で"標準サイレン"の方法を使用します.
- GWデータと電磁観測を組み合わせてホスト銀河を特定し,輝度距離を決定する.
- 将来のGW発生率から予想されるH0測定の精度を分析する.
主要な成果:
- GW170817を使用した標準サイレンの方法は,独立したH0測定を提供しました.
- 将来のGW検出は,H0を5年以内に~2%の精度,そして10年以内に~1%に制限すると予測されています.
- この精度は,他のH0測定技術に影響する体系学とは独立する.
結論:
- 重力波の検出は ハッブル定数の 強力で独立した探査機を提供します
- 継続的な観測はH0の緊張を大幅に軽減し,宇宙学への重要な洞察を提供します.
- H0の正確な測定は ダークエネルギーと宇宙の進化の理解を進めるために不可欠です
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