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Testing $\Lambda$CDM cosmology in a binned universe: anomalies in the deceleration parameter

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2023-04-20 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study the reconstructed deceleration parameter splitting the data in different redshift bins, fitting both a cosmographic luminosity distance and also assuming a flat Λ\LambdaCDM model, using the Pantheon+ sample of type Ia supernova data (SNIA). We observe tensions 2σ3σ\sim 2\sigma-3\sigma for different redshift and distance indicators if the full sample is used. However, those tensions disappear when the SNIA at z<0.008z<0.008 are removed. If the data is splitted in 2 hemispheres according to our movement w.r.t CMB, a strange 3.8σ3.8 \sigma tension appears in one of the samples between particular redshift bins. Finally, considering posterior distribution as Gaussian, general linear model prefers a positive slope for q0q_0 across redshift bins opposed to a zero slope expected in a Λ\LambdaCDM universe. We discuss possible explanations for our results and the influence of lowest redshift SNIA data in cosmological analysis.

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@article{arxiv.2301.10740,
  title  = {Testing $\Lambda$CDM cosmology in a binned universe: anomalies in the deceleration parameter},
  author = {Erick Pastén and Victor Cárdenas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.10740},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Published version in Physics of the Dark Universe journal

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