oai:arXiv.org:2404.08586
sciences: astrophysics
2024
9/4/2024
The Hubble tension has proven to be stubbornly persistent, despite widespread efforts to relax it.
As a possible resolution of this problem we propose a radical alternative to the way in which cosmological models are viewed.
Specifically, we consider building cosmological models from spaces that exhibit intrinsic symmetries, rather than as space-times with explicit symmetry.
This change in perspective allows statistical homogeneity and isotropy to be maintained, while relaxing some strong mathematical constraints that the standard approach imposes.
We show that a Hubble tension arises naturally in our new approach, and that (as a corollary) a prediction can be made for the radial component of the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations.
Our prediction appears to be consistent with the DESI first-year data release, which has otherwise been interpreted as evidence for dynamical dark energy.
;Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures
Clifton, Timothy,Hyatt, Neil, 2024, A Radical Solution to the Hubble Tension Problem