4–5 Jun 2026
University of Geneva
Europe/Zurich timezone

Pushing cosmological inference with next-generation gravitational wave surveys

5 Jun 2026, 09:15
15m
Sciences II Auditorium A100 (University of Geneva)

Sciences II Auditorium A100

University of Geneva

Quai Ernest-Ansermet 30

Speaker

Giona Sala (RWTH Aachen)

Description

The number of gravitational wave (GW) events observed is rapidly growing, and will soon reach statistical significance with the next generation of detectors. Astrophysically sourced GW are expected to be a new complementary and totally independent tracer of large-scale structure. Consequently, cross-correlation techniques offer the opportunity to fully exploit the potential of this new channel for cosmological parameter inference by connecting it to other observables. We are developing a flexible framework based on the angular power spectrum, which can correlate different observables and will help us evaluate the impact of GW observations on parameter constraints. In a recent work, we applied this method to the correlation between GW and photometric galaxy clustering data, showcasing the strength of this technique for precisely determining the Hubble parameter, to better than 1%.

Author

Giona Sala (RWTH Aachen)

Co-authors

Prof. Alessandro Cuoco (University of Torino) Mr Andrea Cozzumbo (GSSI) Prof. Julien Lesgourgues (RWTH Aachen) Mr Matteo Schulz (GSSI) Prof. Riccardo Murgia (Università degli Studi di Cagliari) Dr Lorenzo Valbusa Dall'Armi (Università di Pisa) Dr Santiago Casas (German Aerospace Center)

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