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Interferometric gravitational wave detectors could measure the frequen
cy sweep of a binary inspiral (characterized by its chirp mass) to hig
h accuracy. The observed chirp mass is the intrinsic chirp mass of the
binary source multiplied by (1+z), where z is the redshift of the sou
rce. Assuming a nonzero cosmological constant, we compute the expected
redshift distribution of observed events for an advanced LIGO detecto
r. We find that the redshift distribution has a robust and sizable dep
endence on the cosmological constant; the data from advanced LIGO dete
ctors could provide an independent measurement of the cosmological con
stant.