Cosmological tests with bright and dark standard sirens (2406.13747v1)

Abstract: Gravitational waves (GWs) are signals that propagate across large distances in the Universe, and thus, they bring information on the cosmic history. GW sources are at the same time distance indicators and tracers of the matter field. Events generated by binary systems can be divided into bright standard sirens, when followed by electromagnetic transients from which the redshift of the source can be measured, and the more numerous dark standard sirens, when counterparts are not available. In this proceeding, I will discuss some methods for testing the cosmological model using either bright or dark sirens and their combinations with other cosmological probes, focusing on some of my own recent contributions.