The Dark Side of Using Dark Sirens to Constrain the Hubble–Lemaître Constant

Dark sirens, i.e., gravitational-wave (GW) sources without electromagnetic counterparts, are new probes of the expansion of the universe. The efficacy of this method relies on correctly localizing the host galaxies. However, recent theoretical studies have shown that astrophysical environments could...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liang-Gui Zhu, Xian Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc24b