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What Galaxy Clusters Have to Say About Dynamical Dark Energy and $H_0$

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2025-12-11 v2

Abstract

We show that, in flat Λ\LambdaCDM, low-redshift structure probes -- cluster abundances, 3×\times2-point analyses, and full-shape clustering -- are mutually consistent, jointly delivering precise constraints on σ8\sigma_8 and Ωm\Omega_{\rm m} that agree with geometrical datasets (CMB+BAO+SN). In w0waw_0w_aCDM, adding clusters to the geometry dataset reduces the evidence for evolving dark energy while relaxing the H0H_0 tension, suggesting a Λ\LambdaCDM evolution of the late-time Universe and a sound horizon that differs from its standard value.

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@article{arxiv.2512.06701,
  title  = {What Galaxy Clusters Have to Say About Dynamical Dark Energy and $H_0$},
  author = {Andrés N. Salcedo and Eduardo Rozo and Hao-Yi Wu and Shulei Cao and Enrique Paillas and Hanyu Zhang and Eli S. Rykoff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.06701},
  year   = {2025}
}

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6 pages, 1 page of supplemental material, 4 figures, to be submitted to PRL