Fast Radio Bursts and Artificial Neural Networks: a cosmological-model-independent estimation of the Hubble Constant

Fuente: arXiv
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Fortunato, Jéferson A. S., Bacon, David J., Hipólito-Ricaldi, Wiliam S., Wands, David
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2024
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866913641076359168
author Fortunato, Jéferson A. S.
Bacon, David J.
Hipólito-Ricaldi, Wiliam S.
Wands, David
author_facet Fortunato, Jéferson A. S.
Bacon, David J.
Hipólito-Ricaldi, Wiliam S.
Wands, David
contents Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have emerged as powerful cosmological probes in recent years offering valuable insights into cosmic expansion. These predominantly extragalactic transients encode information on the expansion of the Universe through their dispersion measure, reflecting interactions with the intervening medium along the line of sight. In this study, we introduce a novel method for reconstructing the late-time cosmic expansion rate and estimating the Hubble constant, solely derived from FRBs measurements coupled with their redshift information while employing Artificial Neural Networks. Our approach yields a Hubble constant estimate of $H_0 = 67.3\pm6.6\rm \ km \ s^{-1} \ Mpc^{-1}$. With a dataset comprising 23 localised data points, we demonstrate a precision of $\sim10\%$. However, our forecasts using simulated datasets indicate that in the future it could be possible to achieve precision comparable to the SH0ES collaboration or the Planck satellite. Our findings underscore the potential of FRBs as alternative, independent tools for probing cosmic dynamics.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2407_03532
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Fast Radio Bursts and Artificial Neural Networks: a cosmological-model-independent estimation of the Hubble Constant
Fortunato, Jéferson A. S.
Bacon, David J.
Hipólito-Ricaldi, Wiliam S.
Wands, David
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have emerged as powerful cosmological probes in recent years offering valuable insights into cosmic expansion. These predominantly extragalactic transients encode information on the expansion of the Universe through their dispersion measure, reflecting interactions with the intervening medium along the line of sight. In this study, we introduce a novel method for reconstructing the late-time cosmic expansion rate and estimating the Hubble constant, solely derived from FRBs measurements coupled with their redshift information while employing Artificial Neural Networks. Our approach yields a Hubble constant estimate of $H_0 = 67.3\pm6.6\rm \ km \ s^{-1} \ Mpc^{-1}$. With a dataset comprising 23 localised data points, we demonstrate a precision of $\sim10\%$. However, our forecasts using simulated datasets indicate that in the future it could be possible to achieve precision comparable to the SH0ES collaboration or the Planck satellite. Our findings underscore the potential of FRBs as alternative, independent tools for probing cosmic dynamics.
title Fast Radio Bursts and Artificial Neural Networks: a cosmological-model-independent estimation of the Hubble Constant
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.03532