2026ApJ...997..134Z


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2026ApJ...997..134Z - Astrophys. J., 997, 134 (2026/February-1)

Hubble Constant Measurement from Quasiperiodic Eruptions as Electromagnetic Counterparts to Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals.

ZHAN Y., WANG D., YI S.-X. and WANG F.-Y.

Abstract (from CDS):

Gravitational waves (GWs) accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts, known as bright sirens, provide a novel methodology to measure the Hubble constant (H0). However, the rarity of such multimessenger events limits the precision of the H0 constraint. Recently, the newly discovered class of nuclear transient, quasiperiodic eruptions (QPEs), shows intriguing evidence of a stellar-mass companion captured by a supermassive black hole in an extreme/intermediate mass ratio inspiral, which is the most promising source of space-based GW detectors, such as LISA. Here, we model the secular orbital evolution of known QPE systems using two frameworks: a stripping scenario in which periodic mass transfer at periapsis drives the evolution, and an orbiter-disk collision scenario in which the companion interacts with a misaligned accretion disk, modulated by coupled orbiter-disk precession. For each framework, we assess detectability by LISA, together with the resulting constraints on H0. Our principal findings are (i) in the stripping scenario, no currently known QPE reaches detectability within a four-year LISA mission; (ii) in the orbiter-disk scenario, two sources-eRO-QPE2 and eRO-QPE4-are detectable with signal-to-noise ratios ≃8.5-28.8 and constrain H0 with a fractional uncertainty of 6.7%-14.9%. QPE systems remain uncertain on the decade-long secular evolution. Therefore, they motivate continued time-domain monitoring of QPE candidates.

Abstract Copyright: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Gravitational waves - X-ray transient sources - X-ray sources - Hubble constant

Simbad objects: 12

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Number of rows : 12
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
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3 eRASSU J023147.2-102010 X 02 31 47.260 -10 20 10.31           ~ 72 0
4 eRASSU J023448.9-441931 X 02 34 48.970 -44 19 31.65           ~ 71 0
5 eRASSt J044534-101201 X 04 45 34.1 -10 12 00           ~ 25 0
6 AT 2019qiz ev 04 46 37.880 -10 13 34.92           ~ 143 0
7 Z 212-25 Sy1 10 34 38.5982990352 +39 38 28.187042604   17.37 16.90     ~ 402 1
8 Z 160-104 SyG 13 02 00.1383745104 +27 46 57.854731080   15.4       ~ 159 0
9 GrW 170817 GWE 13 09 48.0850 -23 22 53.343           ~ 2683 0
10 LEDA 3091738 G 13 35 19.9161300192 +07 28 07.533195564           ~ 19 0
11 1eRASS J140053.3-284558 X 14 00 53.3 -28 45 58           ~ 28 0
12 RX J1927.3+6533 Sy2 19 27 19.5393064368 +65 33 54.335877408     15.4     ~ 147 0

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