scholarly journals Dark Energy with Phantom Crossing and the H0 Tension

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 404
Author(s):  
Eleonora Di Valentino ◽  
Ankan Mukherjee ◽  
Anjan A. Sen
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Local Measurement ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Perfect Agreement ◽  
Cosmological Observations ◽  
Phantom Crossing

We investigate the possibility of phantom crossing in the dark energy sector and the solution for the Hubble tension between early and late universe observations. We use robust combinations of different cosmological observations, namely the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), local measurement of Hubble constant (H0), Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) and SnIa for this purpose. For a combination of CMB+BAO data that is related to early universe physics, phantom crossing in the dark energy sector was confirmed at a 95% confidence level and we obtained the constraint H0=71.0−3.8+2.9 km/s/Mpc at a 68% confidence level, which is in perfect agreement with the local measurement by Riess et al. We show that constraints from different combinations of data are consistent with each other and all of them are consistent with phantom crossing in the dark energy sector. For the combination of all data considered, we obtained the constraint H0=70.25±0.78 km/s/Mpc at a 68% confidence level and the phantom crossing happening at the scale factor am=0.851−0.031+0.048 at a 68% confidence level.

scholarly journals Decaying Dark Energy in Light of the Latest Cosmological Dataset

Symmetry ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan de Martino
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Matter Density ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature ◽  
Background Temperature

Decaying Dark Energy models modify the background evolution of the most common observables, such as the Hubble function, the luminosity distance and the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature–redshift scaling relation. We use the most recent observationally-determined datasets, including Supernovae Type Ia and Gamma Ray Bursts data, along with H ( z ) and Cosmic Microwave Background temperature versus z data and the reduced Cosmic Microwave Background parameters, to improve the previous constraints on these models. We perform a Monte Carlo Markov Chain analysis to constrain the parameter space, on the basis of two distinct methods. In view of the first method, the Hubble constant and the matter density are left to vary freely. In this case, our results are compatible with previous analyses associated with decaying Dark Energy models, as well as with the most recent description of the cosmological background. In view of the second method, we set the Hubble constant and the matter density to their best fit values obtained by the Planck satellite, reducing the parameter space to two dimensions, and improving the existent constraints on the model’s parameters. Our results suggest that the accelerated expansion of the Universe is well described by the cosmological constant, and we argue that forthcoming observations will play a determinant role to constrain/rule out decaying Dark Energy.

scholarly journals Distant foreground and the Planck-derived Hubble constant

2020 ◽  
Vol 492 (4) ◽  
pp. 5052-5056 ◽  
Author(s):  
V N Yershov ◽  
A A Raikov ◽  
N Yu Lovyagin ◽  
N P M Kuin ◽  
E A Popova
Keyword(s):  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Temperature Fluctuations ◽  
Coarse Grain ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Local Measurement ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Random Samples ◽  
Local Measurements ◽  
Grain Dust ◽  
Cmb Temperature

ABSTRACT It is possible to reduce the discrepancy between the local measurement of the cosmological parameter H0 and the value derived from the Planck measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) by considering contamination of the CMB by emission from some medium around distant extragalactic sources, such as extremely cold coarse-grain dust. Though being distant, such a medium would still be in the foreground with respect to the CMB, and, as any other foreground, it would alter the CMB power spectrum. This could contribute to the dispersion of CMB temperature fluctuations. By generating a few random samples of CMB with different dispersions, we have checked that the increased dispersion leads to a smaller estimated value of H0, the rest of the cosmological model parameters remaining fixed. This might explain the reduced value of the Planck-derived parameter H0 with respect to the local measurements. The signature of the distant foreground in the CMB traced by supernovae (SNe) was previously reported by the authors of this paper – we found a correlation between the SN redshifts, zSN, and CMB temperature fluctuations at the SNe locations, TSN. Here we have used the slopes of the regression lines $T_{\rm SN}\, /\, z_{\rm SN}$ corresponding to different Planck wavebands in order to estimate the possible temperature of the distant extragalactic medium, which turns out to be very low, about 5 K. The most likely ingredient of this medium is coarse-grain (grey) dust, which is known to be almost undetectable, except for the effect of dimming remote extragalactic sources.

scholarly journals OBSERVATIONAL H(z) DATA AS A COMPLEMENTARITY TO OTHER COSMOLOGICAL PROBES

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (21) ◽  
pp. 1699-1709 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUI LIN ◽  
CHENG HAO ◽  
XIAO WANG ◽  
QIANG YUAN ◽  
ZE-LONG YI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Shift Parameter ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Flat Universe ◽  
Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Cosmological Observations

In this paper, we use a set of observational H(z) data (OHD) to constrain the ΛCDM cosmology. This data set can be derived from the differential ages of the passively evolving galaxies. Meanwhile, the [Formula: see text]-parameter, which describes the Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) peak, and the newly measured value of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) shift parameter [Formula: see text] are used to present combinational constraints on the same cosmology. The combinational constraints favor an accelerating flat universe while the flat ΛCDM cosmology is also analyzed in the same way. We obtain a result compatible with that by many other independent cosmological observations. We find that the observational H(z) data set is a complementarity to other cosmological probes.

scholarly journals Updated reduced CMB data and constraints on cosmological parameters

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1550071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong-Gen Cai ◽  
Zong-Kuan Guo ◽  
Bo Tang
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Spatial Curvature ◽  
Λcdm Model ◽  
The One

We obtain the reduced CMB data {lA, R, z∗} from WMAP9, WMAP9+BKP, Planck+WP and Planck+WP+BKP for the ΛCDM and wCDM models with or without spatial curvature. We then use these reduced CMB data in combination with low-redshift observations to put constraints on cosmological parameters. We find that including BKP results in a higher value of the Hubble constant especially when the equation of state (EOS) of dark energy and curvature are allowed to vary. For the ΛCDM model with curvature, the estimate of the Hubble constant with Planck+WP+Lensing is inconsistent with the one derived from Planck+WP+BKP at about 1.2σ confidence level (CL).

scholarly journals Redshift parametrizations of dark energy and observational constraint on their parameters: Galileon gravity as background

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (31) ◽  
pp. 1550151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabir Rudra ◽  
Chayan Ranjit ◽  
Sujata Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Distance Modulus ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Frw Universe ◽  
Type Ia ◽  
Best Fit

In this work, Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) universe filled with dark matter (DM) (perfect fluid with negligible pressure) along with dark energy (DE) in the background of Galileon gravity is considered. Four DE models with different equation of state (EoS) parametrizations have been employed namely, linear, Chevallier–Polarski–Lindler (CPL), Jassal–Bagla–Padmanabhan (JBP) and logarithmic parametrizations. From Stern, Stern+Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) and Stern+BAO+Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) joint data analysis, we have obtained the bounds of the arbitrary parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] by minimizing the [Formula: see text] test. The best fit values and bounds of the parameters are obtained at 66%, 90% and 99% confidence levels which are shown by closed confidence contours in the figures. For the logarithmic model unbounded confidence contours are obtained and hence the model parameters could not be finitely constrained. The distance modulus [Formula: see text](z) against redshift [Formula: see text] has also been plotted for our predicted theoretical models for the best fit values of the parameters and compared with the observed Union2 data sample and SNe Type Ia 292 data and we have shown that our predicted theoretical models permits the observational datasets. From the data fitting it is seen that at lower redshifts [Formula: see text] the SNe Type Ia 292 data gives a better fit with our theoretical models compared to the Union2 data sample. So, from the data analysis, SNe Type Ia 292 data is the more favored data sample over its counterpart given the present choice of free parameters. From the study, it is also seen that the logarithmic parametrization model is less supported by the observational data. Finally, we have generated the plot for the deceleration parameter against the redshift parameter for all the theoretical models and compared the results with the work of Farooq et al., (2013).

scholarly journals A fake interacting dark energy detection?

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (1) ◽  
pp. L22-L26
Author(s):  
Eleonora Di Valentino ◽  
Olga Mena
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Planck Data ◽  
Cosmological Constraints ◽  
Data Analyses ◽  
Constant Tension

ABSTRACT Models involving an interaction between the dark matter and the dark energy sectors have been proposed to alleviate the long-standing Hubble constant tension. In this paper, we analyse whether the constraints and potential hints obtained for these interacting models remain unchanged when using simulated Planck data. Interestingly, our simulations indicate that a dangerous fake detection for a non-zero interaction among the dark matter and the dark energy fluids could arise when dealing with current cosmic microwave background (CMB) Planck measurements alone. The very same hypothesis is tested against future CMB observations, finding that only cosmic variance limited polarization experiments, such as PICO or PRISM, could be able to break the existing parameter degeneracies and provide reliable cosmological constraints. This paper underlines the extreme importance of confronting the results arising from data analyses with those obtained with simulations when extracting cosmological limits within exotic cosmological scenarios.

A Measurement of the Hubble Constant by the Megamaser Cosmology Project

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (S336) ◽  
pp. 86-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Braatz ◽  
James Condon ◽  
Christian Henkel ◽  
Jenny Greene ◽  
Fred Lo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cosmological Model ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Direct Test ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Distance Measurements ◽  
Standard Cosmological Model ◽  
Geometric Measurement ◽  
Hubble Flow

AbstractThe Megamaser Cosmology Project (MCP) measures the Hubble Constant by determining geometric distances to circumnuclear 22 GHz H2O megamasers in galaxies at low redshift (z < 0.05) but well into the Hubble flow. In combination with the recent, exquisite observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background by WMAP and Planck, these measurements provide a direct test of the standard cosmological model and constrain the equation of state of dark energy. The MCP is a multi-year project that has recently completed observations and is currently working on final analysis. Based on distance measurements to the first four published megamasers in the sample, the MCP currently determines H0 = 69.3 ± 4.2 km s−1 Mpc−1. The project is finalizing analysis for five additional galaxies. When complete, we expect to achieve a ~4% measurement. Given the tension between the Planck prediction of H0 in the context of the standard cosmological model and astrophysical measurements based on standard candles, the MCP provides a critical and independent geometric measurement that does not rely on external calibrations or a distance ladder.

scholarly journals Cosmic Dark Radiation and Neutrinos

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Archidiacono ◽  
Elena Giusarma ◽  
Steen Hannestad ◽  
Olga Mena
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Dark Radiation ◽  
Cosmological Observations ◽  
Local Measurements ◽  
The Moment

New measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) by the Planck mission have greatly increased our knowledge about the universe. Dark radiation, a weakly interacting component of radiation, is one of the important ingredients in our cosmological model which is testable by Planck and other observational probes. At the moment, the possible existence of dark radiation is an unsolved question. For instance, the discrepancy between the value of the Hubble constant,H0, inferred from the Planck data and local measurements ofH0can to some extent be alleviated by enlarging the minimalΛCDM model to include additional relativistic degrees of freedom. From a fundamental physics point of view, dark radiation is no less interesting. Indeed, it could well be one of the most accessible windows to physics beyond the standard model, for example, sterile neutrinos. Here, we review the most recent cosmological results including a complete investigation of the dark radiation sector in order to provide an overview of models that are still compatible with new cosmological observations. Furthermore, we update the cosmological constraints on neutrino physics and dark radiation properties focusing on tensions between data sets and degeneracies among parameters that can degrade our information or mimic the existence of extra species.

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