Global Anisotropies of $\Omega_\Lambda$
Abstract
An analysis of the Cosmological Constant fitted to subsamples of the Pantheon+ Type Ia SN sample spanning 2 sterradians for a grid of 432 pole positions covering the whole sky reveals two large scale asymmetries. One of them is closely aligned with the Galactic North-South direction and the other points approximately towards RA Dec, 50.9 degrees from the CMB dipole Apex. The signal to noise ratio (S/N) of the multiple measurements in these directions is S/N . The first asymmetry is puzzling, and would indicate a systematic effect related with the distribution of Pantheon+ SNe on the sky and, probably, how the correction for reddening in the Galaxy is calculated. The second one, which entails a 2.8- tension between measure in opposite directions, bears strong implications on its interpretation as Dark Energy: It is consistent with the prediction for tilted observers located in a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe who could measure an acceleration or a deceleration with a dipolar asymmetry, irrespective of what the universe as a whole is doing. In this case, would not be a physical entity, a real Dark Energy, but an apparent effect associated with the relativistic frame of reference transformation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2406.00273,
title = {Global Anisotropies of $\Omega_\Lambda$},
author = {Alejandro Clocchiatti and Ósmar Rodríguez and Ariel Órdenes Morales and Benjamín Cuevas-Tapia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.00273},
year = {2024}
}
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13 pages, 8 figures