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We explore a model introduced by Cyr-Racine, Ge, and Knox (arXiv:2107.13000(2)) that resolves the Hubble tension by invoking a ``mirror world" dark sector with energy density a fixed fraction of the ``ordinary" sector of Lambda-CDM.…

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The Hubble tension that the standard $\Lambda$CDM model is suffering from can be resolved with pre-recombination early dark energy. We present the first constraint on the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ in corresponding Hubble-tension-free…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Gen Ye , Yun-Song Piao

We investigate scale-dependent modifications to the primordial scalar power spectrum as potential solutions to the Hubble tension. We use the Fisher-bias formalism, recently adapted to examine perturbed recombination solutions to the Hubble…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-13 Nanoom Lee , Matteo Braglia , Yacine Ali-Haïmoud

The standard cosmological model determined from the accurate cosmic microwave background measurements made by the Planck satellite implies a value of the Hubble constant $H_0$ that is $4.2$ standard deviations lower than the one determined…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-04 Karsten Jedamzik , Levon Pogosian

The values of the Hubble constant inferred from local measurements and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) exhibit an approximately 5 sigma tension. Some have suggested this tension is alleviated if matter is converted to dark radiation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-06 Zachary J. Hoelscher , Thomas W. Kephart , Kelly Holley-Bockelmann

The Standard Model of cosmology, $\Lambda$CDM, while enormously successful, is currently unable to account for several cosmological anomalies the most prominent of which are in the measurements of the Hubble parameter and $S_8$.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-14 Amin Aboubrahim , Pran Nath

Models of dark energy or modified gravity that tries to alleviate the tensions on the Hubble constant ($H_0$) and the matter fluctuation parameter ($\sigma_8$) are usually parameterized as function of either late or early time cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-05 Ziad Sakr

Local measurements of the Hubble parameter are increasingly in tension with the value inferred from a $\Lambda$CDM fit to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. In this paper, we construct scenarios in which evolving scalar fields…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-13 Prateek Agrawal , Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine , David Pinner , Lisa Randall

Planck data provide precise constraints on cosmological parameters when assuming the base $\Lambda$CDM model, including a $0.17\%$ measurement of the age of the Universe, $t_0=13.797 \pm 0.023\,{\rm Gyr}$. However, the persistence of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-28 Michael Boylan-Kolchin , Daniel R. Weisz

We present here a lightning review of the status of the Hubble-Lema\^itre tension. Instead of discussing the broad array of proposed solutions found in the literature, we focus here on the assumptions made to measure the Hubble constant…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-25 Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine

Fundamental physical constants need not be constant, neither spatially nor temporally. -- This seeming simple statement has profound implications for a wide range of physical processes and interactions, and can be probed through a number of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-22 Jens Chluba , Luke Hart

The standard cosmological model successfully describes many observations from widely different epochs of the Universe, from primordial nucleosynthesis to the accelerating expansion of the present day. However, as the basic cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-01 L. Verde , T. Treu , A. G. Riess

The $\Lambda$CDM model successfully explains a wide range of cosmological observations; however, persistent discrepancies most notably the $H_0$ tension between early and late time measurements challenge its completeness. No proposed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-31 Upala Mukhopadhyay , Purba Mukherjee , Alexandre Tkatchenko

A theoretical explanation for the so-called Hubble tension is provided within the framework of phase-space quantum mechanics extended to (quantum) cosmology. Following a description of the overall nature of this tension, with due attention…

General Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Alex E. Bernardini

The Hubble constant ($H_0$), which represents the expansion rate of the Universe, is one of the most important cosmological parameters. The recent measurements of $H_0$ using the distance ladder methods such as Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Rahul Kumar Thakur , Shashikant Gupta , Rahul Nigam , PK Thiruvikraman

We consider constraints on the Hubble parameter $H_0$ and the matter density parameter $\Omega_{\mathrm{M}}$ from: (i) the age of the Universe based on old stars and stellar populations in the Galactic disc and halo (Cimatti & Moresco…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-25 Indranil Banik , Nick Samaras

We present a measurement of the Hubble constant ($H_{0}$) and other cosmological parameters from a joint analysis of six gravitationally lensed quasars with measured time delays. All lenses except the first are analyzed blindly with respect…

An analysis of a historical compilation of Hubble-Lema\^itre constant values ($H_0$: 163 data points measured between 1976 and 2019) assuming the standard cosmological model gives a $\chi^2$ value of the dispersion with respect to the…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-11-22 Martin Lopez-Corredoira

In this work, we focus on two important aspects of modern cosmology: reheating and Hubble constant tension within the framework of a unified model, namely, quintessential inflation connecting the early inflationary era and late-time cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-05 Jaume de Haro , Supriya Pan

The discrepancy between the value of the Hubble constant $H_0$ measured from the local distance ladder and from the cosmic microwave background is the most serious challenge to the standard $\Lambda$CDM model. Various models have been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-05 Jian-Ping Hu , F. Y. Wang