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Hints for possible low redshift oscillation around the best fit $\Lambda$CDM model in the expansion history of the Universe

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2021-03-02 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We search for possible deviations from the expectations of the concordance Λ\LambdaCDM model in the expansion history of the Universe by analysing the Pantheon Type Ia Supernovae (SnIa) compilation along with its Monte Carlo simulations using redshift binning. We demonstrate that the redshift binned best fit Λ\LambdaCDM matter density parameter Ω0m\Omega_{0m} and the best fit effective absolute magnitude M\cal M oscillate about their full dataset best fit values with considerably large amplitudes. Using the full covariance matrix of the data taking into account systematic and statistical errors, we show that at the redshifts below z0.5z\approx0.5 such oscillations can only occur in 4 to 5%\% of the Monte Carlo simulations. While statistical fluctuations can be responsible for this apparent oscillation, we might have observed a hint for some behaviour beyond the expectations of the concordance model or a possible additional systematic in the data. If this apparent oscillation is not due to statistical or systematic effects, it could be due to either the presence of coherent inhomogeneities at low zz or due to oscillations of a quintessence scalar field.

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@article{arxiv.2010.03491,
  title  = {Hints for possible low redshift oscillation around the best fit $\Lambda$CDM model in the expansion history of the Universe},
  author = {L. Kazantzidis and H. Koo and S. Nesseris and L. Perivolaropoulos and A. Shafieloo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.03491},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

6 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Version published in MNRAS. Added references and one extra figure that better illustrates the results of the analysis