Journal Article

Cosmology with fast radio bursts in the era of SKA

Zhang, Xin, Zhao, Ze-Wei, Zhang, Jing-Fei, Zhang, Ji-Guo, Li, Di, Li, Yichao

2023

Overview

We present a forecast of the cosmological parameter estimation using fast radio bursts (FRBs) from the upcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA), focusing on the issues of dark energy, the Hubble constant, and baryon density. We simulate 10 5 and 10 6 localized FRBs from a 10-year SKA observation, and find that: (1) using 10 6 FRB data alone can tightly constrain dark-energy equation of state parameters better than CMB+BAO+SNe, providing an independent cosmological probe to explore dark energy; (2) combining the FRB data with gravitational-wave standard siren data from 10-year observation with the Einstein Telescope, the Hubble constant can be constrained to a sub-percent level, serving as a powerful low-redshift probe; (3) using 10 6 FRB data can constrain the baryon density Ω b h to a precision of ∼0.1%. Our results indicate that SKA-era FRBs will provide precise cosmological measurements to shed light on both dark energy and the missing baryon problem, and help resolve the Hubble tension.

• Publisher: Science China Press,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Astronomy / Baryons / Classical and Continuum Physics / Dark energy / Density / Energy equation / Equations of state / Forecasts and trends / Gravitational waves / Hubble constant / Observations and Techniques / Parameter estimation / Physics / Physics and Astronomy / Radio bursts / Red shift / Telescope