Standardizing kilonovae and their use as standard candles to measure the Hubble constant
M. W. CoughlinCalifornia Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, MC 249-17, Pasadena, California 91125, USATim DietrichInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Haus 28, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476, Potsdam, GermanyJack HeinzelArtemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, FranceNandita KhetanGran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, ItalyS. AntierAPC, UMR 7164, 10 rue Alice Domon et Lonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris, FranceMattia BullaNordita, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, Roslagstullsbacken 23, SE-106 91 Stockholm, SwedenNelson ChristensenArtemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, FranceDavid A. CoulterDepartment of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USARyan J. FoleyDepartment of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
2020en
ABI
Abstract
In this work, the authors show how models of kilonovae, which arise from the mergers of neutron stars and black holes, can be used as standard candles, where their luminosity can be measured by measuring the evolution of their color. They show how detection of kilonovae can probe of the expansion rate of the Universe as the detection of gravitational waves.
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