Recovering cosmological parameters from the mock gravitational wave data of the Einstein Telescope

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Main Authors: Roy, Pinaki, Bulik, Tomasz
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author Roy, Pinaki
Bulik, Tomasz
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Bulik, Tomasz
contents Einstein Telescope (ET) is a third-generation gravitational wave (GW) detector with tenfold better sensitivity compared to the advanced LIGO detectors. It will be capable of observing copious stellar mass binary black hole mergers up to a redshift of 10 which will make it especially useful for cosmography. We generate a mock gravitational wave event catalog for the Einstein Telescope and show the recoverability of either the Hubble constant ($H_0$) or the matter density parameter ($Ω_{\rm m}$). We present a simple, effective and fast technique for inferring $H_0$ (or $Ω_{\rm m}$) using the intrinsic chirp mass spectrum of black hole binaries, and investigate the efficacy of the method assuming the standard model of cosmology. If only $H_0$ has to be constrained, we find that at least one year of ET's observation will be required to achieve 1% uncertainty. With the same amount of observation, $Ω_{\rm m}$ can be constrained to within 4% uncertainty. With ET operating as a standalone instrument, we show that the GW spectral sirens detected by it can constrain the Hubble constant.
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spellingShingle Recovering cosmological parameters from the mock gravitational wave data of the Einstein Telescope
Roy, Pinaki
Bulik, Tomasz
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Einstein Telescope (ET) is a third-generation gravitational wave (GW) detector with tenfold better sensitivity compared to the advanced LIGO detectors. It will be capable of observing copious stellar mass binary black hole mergers up to a redshift of 10 which will make it especially useful for cosmography. We generate a mock gravitational wave event catalog for the Einstein Telescope and show the recoverability of either the Hubble constant ($H_0$) or the matter density parameter ($Ω_{\rm m}$). We present a simple, effective and fast technique for inferring $H_0$ (or $Ω_{\rm m}$) using the intrinsic chirp mass spectrum of black hole binaries, and investigate the efficacy of the method assuming the standard model of cosmology. If only $H_0$ has to be constrained, we find that at least one year of ET's observation will be required to achieve 1% uncertainty. With the same amount of observation, $Ω_{\rm m}$ can be constrained to within 4% uncertainty. With ET operating as a standalone instrument, we show that the GW spectral sirens detected by it can constrain the Hubble constant.
title Recovering cosmological parameters from the mock gravitational wave data of the Einstein Telescope
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25307