Cosmic Microwave Background as a Thermal Gas of SU(2) Photons: Implications for the High-z Cosmological Model and the Value of H0
Joint Authors
Source
Advances in High Energy Physics
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-10-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Presently, we are facing a 3σ tension in the most basic cosmological parameter, the Hubble constant H0.
This tension arises when fitting the Lambda-cold-dark-matter model (ΛCDM) to the high-precision temperature-temperature (TT) power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and to local cosmological observations.
We propose a resolution of this problem by postulating that the thermal photon gas of the CMB obeys an SU(2) rather than U(1) gauge principle, suggesting a high-z cosmological model which is void of dark-matter.
Observationally, we rely on precise low-frequency intensity measurements in the CMB spectrum and on a recent model independent (low-z) extraction of the relation between the comoving sound horizon rs at the end of the baryon drag epoch and H0 (rsH0=const).
We point out that the commonly employed condition for baryon-velocity freeze-out is imprecise, judged by a careful inspection of the formal solution to the associated Euler equation.
As a consequence, the above-mentioned 3σ tension actually transforms into a 5σ discrepancy.
To make contact with successful low-z ΛCDM cosmology we propose an interpolation based on percolated/depercolated vortices of a Planck-scale axion condensate.
For a first consistency test of such an all-z model we compute the angular scale of the sound horizon at photon decoupling.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hahn, Steffen& Hofmann, Ralf. 2017. Cosmic Microwave Background as a Thermal Gas of SU(2) Photons: Implications for the High-z Cosmological Model and the Value of H0. Advances in High Energy Physics،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1122176
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hahn, Steffen& Hofmann, Ralf. Cosmic Microwave Background as a Thermal Gas of SU(2) Photons: Implications for the High-z Cosmological Model and the Value of H0. Advances in High Energy Physics No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1122176
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hahn, Steffen& Hofmann, Ralf. Cosmic Microwave Background as a Thermal Gas of SU(2) Photons: Implications for the High-z Cosmological Model and the Value of H0. Advances in High Energy Physics. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1122176
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1122176