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A Hubble Constant Determination Through Quasar Time Delays and Type Ia Supernovae

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2025-03-13 v2

Abstract

This paper presents a new model-independent constraint on the Hubble constant (H0H_0) by anchoring relative distances from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) observations to absolute distance measurements from time-delay strong Gravitational Lensing (SGL) systems. The approach only uses the validity of the cosmic distance duality relation (CDDR) to derive constraints on H0H_0. By using Gaussian Process (GP) regression to reconstruct the unanchored luminosity distance from the Pantheon++ compilation to match the time-delay angular diameter distance at the redshift of the lenses, one yields a value of H0=75.57±4.415H_0 = 75.57 \pm 4.415 km/s/Mpc at a 68\% confidence level. The result aligns well with the local estimate from Cepheid variables within the 1σ1\sigma confidence region, indicating consistency with late-universe probes.

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@article{arxiv.2503.06189,
  title  = {A Hubble Constant Determination Through Quasar Time Delays and Type Ia Supernovae},
  author = {L. R. Colaço},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.06189},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures