在5年内从标准警报器测量出2%的哈勃恒定值
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
概括
引力波提供了一种测量哈勃常数的新方法, 未来LIGO和处女座的探测将进一步细化这一测量,帮助解决宇宙膨胀的差异.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学
- 天体物理学
- 引力波天文学
背景情况:
- 哈勃常数 (H0) 测量了宇宙的膨胀速度.
- 当前来自局部 (超新星) 和早期宇宙 (CMB) 数据的H0测量显示出显著的张力 (~3σ).
- 引力波天文学提供了测量H0的独立方法.
研究的目的:
- 评估未来引力波检测的潜力,以限制哈勃常数.
- 调查GW标准警报器如何帮助解决目前的H0差异.
- 探索精确的H0测量对了解暗能量的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用LIGO和Virgo探测到的双中子恒星合并的"标准警报"方法.
- 将GW数据与电磁观测相结合,以识别宿主星系并确定亮度距离.
- 从未来的GW事件率分析H0测量的预期精度.
主要成果:
- 使用GW170817的标准警报方法提供了独立的H0测量.
- 未来的GW检测预计将在5年内将H0限制在2%的精度,并在十年内限制在1%的精度.
- 这种精度将独立于影响其他H0测量技术的系统性.
结论:
- 引力波探测提供了一个强大的,独立的哈勃常数探测器.
- 持续的观测将大大降低H0的张力,
- 精确的H0测量对于我们对暗能量和宇宙演变的理解至关重要.
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