First measurement of the Hubble constant from gravitational wave-galaxy cross-correlations
Isabela Santiago de Matos, Charles Dalang, Tessa Baker, Raul Abramo, Jo~ao Ferri, Miguel Quartin
arXiv:2512.15380v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We measure for the first time the Hubble constant ($H_0$) from the cross-correlation of galaxies and gravitational waves (GW), by applying the $textit{Peak Sirens}$ method. This method consists of finding the peak of the 3D angular cross-spectrum $C_{ell}(z,D_L)$ between the galaxy redshifts ($z$) and the GW luminosity distances ($D_L$). Using two GW events from the GWTC-3.0 catalog and the GLADE+ galaxy catalog, we make the first detection of the cross-correlation peak at $5.9sigma$ confidence. This signal comes mostly from the best localized event in the catalog, GW190814, which alone provides a $3.4sigma$ significance. Adding also the multimessenger event GW170817, but without using its known redshift, we find $H_0 = 67^{+18}_{-15}$ km s$^{-1}$Mpc$^{-1}$ and the first observational constraint on the GW bias, $b_{rm gw} arXiv:2512.15380v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We measure for the first time the Hubble constant ($H_0$) from the cross-correlation of galaxies and gravitational waves (GW), by applying the $textit{Peak Sirens}$ method. This method consists of finding the peak of the 3D angular cross-spectrum $C_{ell}(z,D_L)$ between the galaxy redshifts ($z$) and the GW luminosity distances ($D_L$). Using two GW events from the GWTC-3.0 catalog and the GLADE+ galaxy catalog, we make the first detection of the cross-correlation peak at $5.9sigma$ confidence. This signal comes mostly from the best localized event in the catalog, GW190814, which alone provides a $3.4sigma$ significance. Adding also the multimessenger event GW170817, but without using its known redshift, we find $H_0 = 67^{+18}_{-15}$ km s$^{-1}$Mpc$^{-1}$ and the first observational constraint on the GW bias, $b_{rm gw}

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