Hubble Tension as a Window on the Gravitation of the Dark Matter Sector
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A simple and minimal extension of the standard cosmological ΛCDM model in which dark matter experiences an additional long-range scalar interaction is demonstrated to alleviate the long-lasting Hubble tension while primordial nucleosynthesis predictions remain unaffected and passing by construction all current local tests of general relativity. The theoretical formulation of this ΛβCDM model and its comparison to astrophysical observations are presented to prove its ability to fit existing data and potentially resolve the tension.
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From a theoretical perspective, this opens the question of whether one can modify the dark matter gravity sector independently of the standard matter sector, in particular since such models have become candidates to a solution of the Hubble tension.
“From a theoretical perspective, this opens the question of whether one can modify the dark matter gravity sector independently of the standard matter sector, in particular for since such models have become candidates to a solution of the Hubble tension ( Pitrou and Uzan 2024; Uzan and Pitrou 2024).”
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- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Keywords
- Hubble tension, dark matter, scalar interactions, big bang nucleosynthesis, tests of general relativity, cosmological parameter constraints, modified gravity
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