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Newest Measurements of Hubble Constant from DESI 2024 Baryon Acoustic Oscillation Observations

Wuzheng Guo, Qiumin Wang, Shuo Cao, Marek Biesiada, Tonghua Liu, Yujie Lian, Xinyue Jiang, Chunliang Mu, Dadian Cheng

2025The Astrophysical Journal Letters18 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract In this Letter, we use the latest results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey to measure the Hubble constant. Baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) observations released by the DESI survey, allow us to determine H 0 from the first principles. Our method is purely data-driven and relies on unanchored luminosity distances reconstructed from Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) data and H ( z ) reconstruction from cosmic chronometers. Thus, it circumvents calibrations related to the value of the sound horizon size at the baryon drag epoch or intrinsic luminosity of SN Ia. We find <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>H</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>68</mml:mn> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.8</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1.0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mspace width="1em"/> <mml:mspace width="0.25em"/> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">km</mml:mi> <mml:mspace width="0.25em"/> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">s</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mspace width="0.25em"/> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Mpc</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> at a 68% confidence level, which provides the Hubble constant at an accuracy of 1.3% with minimal assumptions. Our assessments of this fundamental cosmological quantity using the BAO data spanning the redshift range z = 0.51–2.33 agree very well with Planck's results and TRGB results within 1 σ . This result is still in a 4.3 σ tension with the results of the Supernova H0 for the Equation of State.

Topics & Concepts

Hubble's lawPhysicsOscillation (cell signaling)BaryonConstant (computer programming)Baryon acoustic oscillationsAstrophysicsCosmologyDark energyComputer scienceBiologyGeneticsProgramming languageCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchRadio Astronomy Observations and Technology
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