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The simplest cosmological model ($\Lambda$CDM) is well-known to suffer from the Hubble tension, namely an almost $5 \sigma$ discrepancy between the (model-based) early-time determination of the Hubble constant $H_0$ and its late-time (and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-06 Darshan Kumar , Debajyoti Choudhury , Debottam Nandi

The Hubble constant ($H_0$) tension is one of the major open problems in modern cosmology. This tension is the discrepancy, ranging from 4 to 6 $\sigma$, between the $H_0$ value estimated locally with the combination of Supernovae Ia (SNe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-26 Maria Dainotti , Biagio De Simone , Giovanni Montani , Tiziano Schiavone , Gaetano Lambiase

Presently, we are facing a 3$\sigma$ tension in the most basic cosmological parameter -- the Hubble constant $H_0$. This tension arises when fitting the Lambda-cold-dark-matter model ($\Lambda$CDM) to the high-precision…

General Physics · Physics 2017-10-18 Steffen Hahn , Ralf Hofmann

The open problems related to cosmological tensions in current times have opened new paths to study new probes to constrain cosmological parameters in standard and extended cosmologies, in particular, to determine at a local level the value…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-22 Rodrigo Sandoval-Orozco , Celia Escamilla-Rivera , Rebecca Briffa , Jackson Levi Said

In this work, we study the cosmological constant problem and Hubble tension in the void-dominated cosmology scenario \cite{Yusofi:2022hgg}. For this goal, we will first consider the cosmic voids in the cosmic web as interconnected ideal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-26 E. Yusofi , M. A. Ramzanpour

We trace the origin of the cosmological constant problem to the assumption that Newton's constant $G$ sets the scale for cosmology. And then we show that once this assumption is relaxed, the very same cosmic acceleration which has served to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Philip D. Mannheim

After a short history of the $\Lambda$-term it is explained why the (effective) cosmological constant is expected to obtain contributions from short-distance physics, corresponding to an energy at least as large as the Fermi scale. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Norbert Straumann

A diverse set of observations now compellingly suggest that Universe possesses a nonzero cosmological constant. In the context of quantum-field theory a cosmological constant corresponds to the energy density of the vacuum, and the wanted…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Lawrence M. Krauss , Michael S. Turner

One of main sources of uncertainty in modern cosmology is the present rate of the universe's expansion, H0, called the Hubble constant. Once again, different observational techniques bring about different results, causing new 'Hubble…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2023-12-29 Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota , Salvador Galindo-Uribarri , George F. Smoot

We review arguments that the cosmological constant (c.c.) should not be thought of as a local contribution to the energy density, but rather as an infrared boundary condition specifying particular models of quantum gravity.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-13 Tom Banks , Willy Fischler

The distance ladder using supernovae yields higher values of the Hubble constant $H_0$ than those inferred from measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and galaxy surveys, a discrepancy that has come to be known as the `Hubble…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-27 José Luis Bernal , Licia Verde , Raul Jimenez , Marc Kamionkowski , David Valcin , Benjamin D. Wandelt

We revisit the quantum cosmological constant problem and highlight the important roles played by the dS horizon of zero point energy. We argue that fields which are light enough to have dS horizon of zero point energy comparable to the FLRW…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-30 Hassan Firouzjahi

Increasing improvements in the independent determinations of the Hubble constant and the age of the universe now seem to indicate that we need a small non-vanishing cosmological constant to make the two independent observations consistent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 Anupam Singh

Recent observations of high-redshift supernovae seem to suggest that the global geometry of the Universe may be affected by a `cosmological constant', which acts to accelerate the expansion rate with time. But these data by themselves still…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Idit Zehavi , Avishai Dekel

Although the cosmological constant has primarily cosmological consequences, its smallness poses one of the basic problems in particle physics. Various attempts have been made to explain this mystery, but no satisfactory solution has been…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Hans Peter Nilles

The Hubble constant $H_0$ is the value of the cosmic expansion rate at one time (the present), and cannot be adjusted successfully without taking into account the entire expansion history and cosmology. We outline some conditions, that if…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 Eric V. Linder

We show that the description of the space-time of general relativity as a diagonal four dimensional submanifold immersed in an eight dimensional hypercomplex manifold, in torsionless case, leads to a geometrical origin of the cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-31 Hemza Azri , A. Bounames

We propose a time-varying cosmological constant with a fixed equation of state, which evolves mainly through its interaction with the background during most of the long history of the universe. However, such interaction does not exist in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-18 Murli Manohar Verma

Most of the calculations done to obtain the value of the cosmological constant use methods of quantum gravity, a theory that has not been established as yet, and a variety of results are usually obtained. The numerical value of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Moshe Carmeli

From an observational perspective cosmology is today in excellent shape - advances in instrumentation and data processing have enabled us to study the universe in detail back to when the first galaxies formed, map the fluctuations in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Subir Sarkar