Open AccessMeasuring cosmic distances with standard sirens
Author(s) -
D. E. Holz,
Scott A. Hughes,
B. F. Schutz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
physics today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1945-0699
pISSN - 0031-9228
DOI - 10.1063/pt.3.4090
Subject(s) - cosmic cancer database , physics , astronomy , astrophysics
The gravitational waves accompanying the merger of two massive compact objects encode the distance to the merger without the usual appeal to a hierarchy of length scales.The gravitational waves accompanying the merger of two massive compact objects encode the distance to the merger without the usual appeal to a hierarchy of length scales.
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