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Hint of $r\simeq 0.01$ after DESI DR2 ?

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2025-09-30 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In the report by BICEP/Keck collaborations, the tensor-to-scalar ratio is r0.05<0.036r_{0.05}<0.036 (95\% C.L.). However, recent datasets have preferred the evolving dark energy, which thus have significantly shifted the bestfit values of standard Λ\LambdaCDM cosmological parameters. In this paper, we perform the joint analysis of BICEP/Keck cosmic microwave background (CMB) B-mode data, latest DESI DR2 baryon acoustic oscillations and supernova data, combined with Planck PR3 and PR4 CMB data respectively, and find r0.05=0.01590.014+0.0057r_{0.05}=0.0159^{+0.0057}_{-0.014} and r0.05=0.01640.014+0.0063r_{0.05}=0.0164^{+0.0063}_{-0.014}. The constraints on rr are further tightened compared to the result of BICEP/Keck collaborations. Though there might be still systematic uncertainties in B-mode measurements due to the foreground contamination, our work is to not say what the value of rr is, but present the state-of-the-art constraints on rr and emphasize that the detection for rr depends potentially on our insight into the dark universe, highlighting the important role of cosmological surveys in comprehending our very early universe.

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@article{arxiv.2503.23918,
  title  = {Hint of $r\simeq 0.01$ after DESI DR2 ?},
  author = {Hao Wang and Ze-Yu Peng and Yun-Song Piao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.23918},
  year   = {2025}
}

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12 pages, 1 figures