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Implications of the Two-Component Dark Energy Model for Hubble Tension

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2025-11-20 v1

Abstract

Dark energy plays a crucial role in the evolution of cosmic expansion. In most studies, dark energy is considered a single dynamic component. In fact, multi-component dark energy models may theoretically explain the accelerated expansion of the universe as well. In our previous research, we constructed the wnw_{\rm{n}}CDM (n=2,3,5n=2, 3, 5) models and conducted numerical research, finding strong observational support when the value of n is small. Based on our results, both the χ2\chi^2 and Akaike information criterion (AIC) favor the w2w_{\rm{2}}CDM model more than the w0waw_0w_{\rm{a}}CDM model. However, previous studies were limited to two equal-component dark energy models, failing to consider the component proportions as variables. Therefore, we will further explore the w2w_{\rm{2}}CDM model. To simplify the model, we fix w=1w = -1 in one component and set the other component to wde2w_{\rm{de2}}, varying the proportions of both components in the population. Under different wde2w_{\rm{de2}}, we obtain the one-dimensional distribution of H0{H}_{0} with respect to fde2f_{\rm{de2}}. Further fitting reveals the evolution of H0{H}_{0} under varying wde2w_{\rm{de2}} and fde2f_{\rm{de2}}. We also perform the same operation on χ2\chi^2. To evaluate the error of fitting, we introduce two indicators, Radj2\text{R}^{2}_{\text{adj}} and MAPE, to quantify the fitting ability of our models. We find that when wde2w_{\rm{de2}} is less than -1, H0{H}_{0} increases with the decrease of wde2w_{\rm{de2}} and the increase of fde2f_{\rm{de2}}, effectively alleviating H0{H}_{0} tension. For χ2\chi^2, it still prefers the Λ\LambdaCDM model, and the w2w_{\rm{2}}CDM model will decrease significantly when it approaches the Λ\LambdaCDM model. The excellent performance of Radj2\text{R}^{2}_{\text{adj}} and MAPE further proves that our model has an outstanding fitting effect and extremely high reliability.

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@article{arxiv.2511.15087,
  title  = {Implications of the Two-Component Dark Energy Model for Hubble Tension},
  author = {Lu Chen and Peiyuan Xu and Guohao Li and Yang Han},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.15087},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, 7 figures