Do the observational data favor a local void?

Rong-Gen Cai, Jia-Feng Ding, Zong-Kuan Guo, Shao-Jiang Wang, and Wang-Wei Yu
Phys. Rev. D 103, 123539 – Published 22 June 2021

Abstract

The increasing tension between the different local direct measurements of the Hubble expansion rate and that inferred from the cosmic microwave background observation by the Λ-cold-dark-matter model could be a smoking gun of new physics, if not caused by either observational systematics or local bias. We generalize previous investigation on the local bias from a local void by globally fitting the Pantheon sample over all parameters in the radial profile function of a local void described by an inhomogeneous but isotropic Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi metric with a cosmological constant. Our conclusion strengthens the previous studies that the current tension on Hubble constant cannot be saved by a local void alone.

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  • Received 22 December 2020
  • Revised 17 April 2021
  • Accepted 24 May 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.123539

© 2021 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

Authors & Affiliations

Rong-Gen Cai1,2,3,*, Jia-Feng Ding1,2,†, Zong-Kuan Guo1,2,3,‡, Shao-Jiang Wang2,4,§, and Wang-Wei Yu1,2,∥

  • 1School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing 100049, China
  • 2CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2735, Beijing 100190, China
  • 3School of Fundamental Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
  • 4Quantum Universe Center and School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), Seoul 02455, Korea

  • *cairg@itp.ac.cn
  • dingjiafeng@itp.ac.cn
  • guozk@itp.ac.cn
  • §schwang@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu
  • yuwangwei@mail.itp.ac.cn

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Vol. 103, Iss. 12 — 15 June 2021

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