A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant
- Submitting institution
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Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 96391740
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/nature24471
- Title of journal
- Nature
- Article number
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- First page
- 85
- Volume
- 551
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature24471
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1,313
- Research group(s)
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G - Gravitational Physics
- Citation count
- 408
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- This paper used the first observation of a binary neutron star merger to make the first gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant. I had proposed this method of measuring the Hubble constant in 1986, and this was the first opportunity to apply it. I was part of the small group of nine collaboration members who did the data analysis to obtain the Hubble constant and who then wrote the paper. I contributed particularly to the estimation of the inclination of the binary from the gravitational wave polarization data, and how that feeds through into the uncertainty range on H_0.
- Non-English
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- English abstract
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