Gariazzo, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-4160-6987, Giarè, W. orcid.org/0000-0002-4012-9285, Mena, O. orcid.org/0000-0001-5225-975X et al. (1 more author) (2025) How robust are the parameter constraints extending the ΛCDM model? Physical Review D, 111 (2). 023540. ISSN 2470-0010
Abstract
Wepresent model-marginalized limits on the six standard ΛCDM cosmological parameters (Ωch2, Ωbh2, θMC, τreio, ns and As), as well as on selected derived quantities (H0, Ωm, σ8, S8 and rdrag), obtained by considering several extensions of the ΛCDM model and three independent Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments: the Planck satellite, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, and South Pole Telescope. We also consider low redshift observations in the form of Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) data from the SDSS-IV eBOSS survey and Supernovae (SN) distance moduli measurements from the Pantheon-Plus catalog. The marginalized errors are stable against the different minimal extensions of the ΛCDM model explored in this study. The largest impact on the parameter accuracy is produced by varying the effective number of relativistic degrees of freedom (Neff) or the lensing amplitude (Alens). Nevertheless, the marginalized errors on some derived parameters such as H0 or Ωm can be up to two orders of magnitude larger than in the canonical ΛCDM scenario when considering only CMB data. In these cases, low redshift measurements are crucial for restoring the stability of the marginalized cosmological errors computed here. Overall, our results underscore remarkable stability in the mean values and precision of the main cosmological parameters once both high and low redshift probes are fully accounted for. The marginalized values can be used in numerical analyses due to their robustness and slightly larger errors, providing a more realistic and conservative approach.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Authors. Except as otherwise noted, this author-accepted version of a journal article published in Physical Review D is made available via the University of Sheffield Research Publications and Copyright Policy under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Keywords: | Cosmic microwave background; Cosmological parameters; Dark energy; Dark matter; Evolution of the Universe; Inflation; Large scale structure of the Universe |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2025 09:20 |
Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2025 09:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society (APS) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/physrevd.111.023540 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:223308 |