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Redshift-Frame Systematics and Their Impact on the Hubble Constant from Pantheon+ Supernovae

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-03-27 v4 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present a full-sky, covariance-weighted analysis of redshift-frame transformations in the Pantheon+ Type Ia supernova sample to assess their impact on local measurements of the Hubble constant. Using 1,543 supernovae with heliocentric and CMB-frame redshifts, we study the residual field delta z = zCMB - zHEL, which traces the Solar System's kinematic correction. We recover the expected monopole <delta z> = (-3.8 +/- 0.1) x 10^-4 and a dipole amplitude A = (1.5 +/- 0.1) x 10^-3 aligned within 1 degree of the CMB dipole, confirming internal consistency. Propagating these residuals through the full Pantheon+ covariance matrix yields a negligible shift in H0, at the <= 2% level of the current tension, placing a quantitative upper bound on redshift-frame systematics.

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@article{arxiv.2511.06755,
  title  = {Redshift-Frame Systematics and Their Impact on the Hubble Constant from Pantheon+ Supernovae},
  author = {Said Laaroua},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.06755},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Published with Open Journal of Astrophysics