13-17 November 2023
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
Big Science and Big Goals for Africa

Constraining the phantom dynamical dark energy model and smoothing the Hubble tension.

14 Nov 2023, 10:30
15m
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Speaker

Ms Safae DAHMANI (Mohammed I University)

Description

The discrepancy between Planck data and direct measurements of the current expansion rate $H_0$ has become one of the most intriguing puzzles in cosmology nowadays. The $H_0$ tension has reached $5\sigma$ in the context of standard cosmology i.e $\Lambda$CDM. Therefore, explanations to this issue are mandatory to unveil its secrets. Despite its success, $\Lambda$CDM is unable to give a satisfying explanation to the tension problem. Unless some systematic errors are hidden in the observable measurements, physics beyond the standard model of cosmology must be advocated. In this perspective, we study a phantom dynamical dark energy model as an alternative to $\Lambda$CDM in order to explain the aforementioned issues. This phantom model is characterised by one extra parameter, $\Omega_{\mathrm{pdde}}$, compared to $\Lambda$CDM. We obtain a strong positive correlation between $H_0$ and $\Omega_{\mathrm{pdde}}$, for all data combinations. Using Planck18 measurements together with BAO and Pantheon, we find that the $H_0$ is $ 3.4\sigma$. By introducing a prior on the absolute magnitude, $M_\mathrm{B}$, of the SN Ia, the $H_0$ tension decreases to $2.49\sigma$ with $H_0 = 69.7^{+0.83}_{-0.86} $ km s$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-1}$.

Primary author

Ms Safae DAHMANI (Mohammed I University)

Co-authors

Dr Amine Bouali (Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco) Prof. Imad El Bojaddaini (Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco) Prof. Ahmed Errahmani (Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco) Prof. Taoufik Ouali (Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco)

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