English

Constraining uber gravity with recent observations and studying the $H_0$ problem

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2023-05-10 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

This paper studies both Λ\LambdaCDM and CDM models under the \"uber gravity theory, named \"uΛ\LambdaCDM and \"uCDM respectively. We report bounds over their parameter phase-space using several cosmological data, in particular, the recent Pantheon+ sample. Based on the joint analysis, the best fit value of the \"uber characteristic parameter is z=0.0460.032+0.047z_\oplus = 0.046^{+0.047}_{-0.032} and z=1.3820.021+0.020z_\oplus = 1.382^{+0.020}_{-0.021} at 68\% confidence level for \"uΛ\LambdaCDM and \"uCDM respectively. Although \"uber gravity can successfully mimics the cosmological constant, we find that the H0(z)\mathbb{H}0(z) diagnostic suggests the H0H_0 tension is not alleviated. Finally, both models are statistically compared with Λ\LambdaCDM through the Akaike and Bayesian information criteria. Both \"uber gravity models and Λ\LambdaCDM are equally preferred for most of the single samples, in particular, \"uΛ\LambdaCDM is not rejected by the CMB data. However, there is strong evidence against them for the joint analysis.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2301.07044,
  title  = {Constraining uber gravity with recent observations and studying the $H_0$ problem},
  author = {Gustavo A. Concha Valdez and Claudia Quintanilla and Miguel A. García-Aspeitia and A. Hernández-Almada and V. Motta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.07044},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

11 pages, 4 figures, accepted in EPJC

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