A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of...

A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

Abstract

The astronomical event GW170817, detected in gravitational and electromagnetic waves, is used to determine the expansion rate of the Universe, which is consistent with and independent of existing measurements.

Authors

Abbott BP; Abbott R; Abbott TD; Acernese F; Ackley K; Adams C; Adams T; Addesso P; Adhikari RX; Adya VB

Journal

Nature, Vol. 551, No. 7678, pp. 85–88

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

November 2, 2017

DOI

10.1038/nature24471

ISSN

0028-0836

Associated Experts

Shiva Kumar

Professor, Faculty of Engineering

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Fields of Research (FoR)

4006 Communications Engineering 40 Engineering 51 Physical Sciences

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