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Standard Siren Method

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1986

Bernard F. Schutz1986

Cardiff · Science / Astronomy

Schutz proposes using gravitational-wave observations of compact binaries as standard sirens, allowing cosmic distances and the Hubble constant to be measured without a conventional distance ladder.

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Bernard F. Schutz

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