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  • Lahav, O; Pereira, M E S; Allam, S; deVicente, J; Gill, M S S; Bechtol, K; Davis, C; Eifler, T F; Kuehn, K; Marshall, J L; Aguiar, O D; Allen, G; Amato, A; Ananyeva, A; Aubin, F; Bacon, P; Barone, F; Bazzan, M; Blair, C D; Bossilkov, V; Bosveld, J; Buy, C; Camp, J B; Cannon, K C; Cavaglia, M; Cella, G; Cheeseboro, B D; Chua, S; Cooper, S J; Dasgupta, A; Davis, D; DeBra, D; Demos, N; Edwards, M C; Fafone, V; Fazio, M; Ferrante, I; Fitz-Axen, M; Gateley, B; Genin, E; George, D; Green, A C; Hall, B R; C -J Haster; Haughian, K; Healy, J; Hild, S; Kanner, J B; Kasprzack, M; Kefelian, F; Keitel, D; Khan, H; Kimball, C; Klimenko, S; Kutynia, A; Lovelace, G; Macquet, A; Maksimovic, I; Marka, Z; Markowitz, A; Marquina, A; Mavalvala, N; McCarthy, R; Melatos, A; Meshkov, S; Mistry, T; Mitrofanov, V P; Muratore, M; Nelson, T J N; Ng, K Y; Parker, W; Patricelli, B; Pinard, L; Porter, E K; Pratten, G; H Qi; Quetschke, V; Quinonez, P J; Rao, K; Richardson, C J; Richardson, J W; Rudiger, A; Smith, J R; Stratta, G; Thondapu, S R; Thrane, E; Unnikrishnan, C S; Vedovato, G; Veitch, J; L -W Wei; Wessel, E K; Westhouse, J W; Woehler, J; Xiao, L; Yu, Hang; Zadrozny, A K; Zelenova, T; Zhao, C; Zimmerman, A; Zweizig, J

    arXiv.org, 03/2019
    Paper, Journal Article

    We present a multi-messenger measurement of the Hubble constant H_0 using the binary-black-hole merger GW170814 as a standard siren, combined with a photometric redshift catalog from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). The luminosity distance is obtained from the gravitational wave signal detected by the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration (LVC) on 2017 August 14, and the redshift information is provided by the DES Year 3 data. Black-hole mergers such as GW170814 are expected to lack bright electromagnetic emission to uniquely identify their host galaxies and build an object-by-object Hubble diagram. However, they are suitable for a statistical measurement, provided that a galaxy catalog of adequate depth and redshift completion is available. Here we present the first Hubble parameter measurement using a black-hole merger. Our analysis results in \(H_0 = 75.2^{+39.5}_{-32.4}~{\rm km~s^{-1}~Mpc^{-1}}\), which is consistent with both SN Ia and CMB measurements of the Hubble constant. The quoted 68% credible region comprises 60% of the uniform prior range 20,140 \({\rm km~s^{-1}~Mpc^{-1}}\), and it depends on the assumed prior range. If we take a broader prior of 10,220 \({\rm km~s^{-1}~Mpc^{-1}}\), we find \(H_0 = 78^{+ 96}_{-24}~{\rm km~s^{-1}~Mpc^{-1}}\) (\(57\%\) of the prior range). Although a weak constraint on the Hubble constant from a single event is expected using the dark siren method, a multifold increase in the LVC event rate is anticipated in the coming years and combinations of many sirens will lead to improved constraints on \(H_0\).