Sengupta, Anand et al.Anand et al.Sengupta2025-08-312025-08-312019-05-0110.3847/2041-8213/ab14f12-s2.0-85067276464https://repository.iitgn.ac.in/handle/IITG2025/23302We present a multi-messenger measurement of the Hubble constant H <inf>0</inf> using the binary-black-hole merger GW170814 as a standard siren, combined with a photometric redshift catalog from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). The luminosity distance is obtained from the gravitational wave signal detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)/Virgo Collaboration (LVC) on 2017 August 14, and the redshift information is provided by the DES Year 3 data. Black hole mergers such as GW170814 are expected to lack bright electromagnetic emission to uniquely identify their host galaxies and build an object-by-object Hubble diagram. However, they are suitable for a statistical measurement, provided that a galaxy catalog of adequate depth and redshift completion is available. Here we present the first Hubble parameter measurement using a black hole merger. Our analysis results in , which is consistent with both SN Ia and cosmic microwave background measurements of the Hubble constant. The quoted 68% credible region comprises 60% of the uniform prior range [20, 140] km s^-1 Mpc^-1, and it depends on the assumed prior range. If we take a broader prior of [10, 220] km s^-1 Mpc^-1, we find (57% of the prior range). Although a weak constraint on the Hubble constant from a single event is expected using the dark siren method, a multifold increase in the LVC event rate is anticipated in the coming years and combinations of many sirens will lead to improved constraints on H <inf>0</inf>.en-UStrueArticlehttps://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/f13895b1-a687-49b5-b45b-5d691660c0e0204182131 May 2019213L7231WOS:000466274600004