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An accurate determination of the Hubble constant from Baryon Acoustic Oscillation datasets

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-07-14 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Even though the Hubble constant cannot be significantly determined by the low-redshift Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) data alone, it can be tightly constrained once the high-redshift BAO data are combined. Combining BAO data from 6dFGS, BOSS DR11 clustering of galaxies, WiggleZ and z=2.34z=2.34 from BOSS DR11 quasar Lyman-α\alpha forest lines, we get H0=68.171.56+1.55H_0=68.17^{+1.55}_{-1.56} km s1^{-1} Mpc1^{-1}. In addition, adopting the the simultaneous measurements of H(z)H(z) and DA(z)D_A(z) from the two-dimensional two-point correlation function from BOSS DR9 CMASS sample and two-dimensional matter power spectrum from SDSS DR7 sample, we obtain H0=68.11±1.69H_0=68.11\pm1.69 km s1^{-1} Mpc1^{-1}. Finally, combining all of the BAO datasets, we conclude H0=68.11±0.86H_0=68.11\pm 0.86 km s1^{-1} Mpc1^{-1}, a 1.3% determination.

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@article{arxiv.1409.6119,
  title  = {An accurate determination of the Hubble constant from Baryon Acoustic Oscillation datasets},
  author = {Cheng Cheng and Qing-Guo Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.6119},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables