A Redetermination of the Hubble Constant with the Hubble Space Telescope from a Differential Distance Ladder

Abstract

We report observations of 240 Cepheid variables obtained with the Near Infrared Camera (NICMOS) through the F160W filter on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The Cepheids are distributed across six recent hosts of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and the "maser galaxy" NGC 4258, allowing us to directly calibrate the peak luminosities of the SNe Ia from the precise, geometric distance measurements provided by the masers. New features of our measurement include the use of the same instrument for all Cepheid measurements across the distance ladder and homogeneity of the Cepheid periods and metallicities thus necessitating only a differential measurement of Cepheid fluxes and reducing the largest systematic uncertainties in the determination of the fiducial SN Ia luminosity. The NICMOS measurements reduce differential extinction in the host galaxies by a factor of 5 over past optical data. Combined with an expanded of 240 SNe Ia at z<0.1 which define their magnitude-redshift relation, we find H_0=74.2 +/-3.6, a 4.8% uncertainty including both statistical and systematic errors. We show that the factor of 2.2 improvement in the precision of H_0 is a significant aid to the determination of the equation-of-state of dark energy, w = P/(rho c^2). Combined with the WMAP 5-year measurement of Omega_M h^2, we find w= -1.12 +/- 0.12 independent of high-redshift SNe Ia or baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO). This result is also consistent with analyses based on the combination of high-z SNe Ia and BAO. The constraints on w(z) now with high-z SNe Ia and BAO are consistent with a cosmological constant and improved by a factor of 3 from the refinement in H_0 alone. We show future improvements in H_0 are likely and will further contribute to multi-technique studies of dark energy.

60 pages, 15 figures Accepted for Publication, ApJ. This is the second of two papers reporting results from a program to determine the Hubble constant to 5% precision from a refurbished distance ladder based on extensive use of differential measurements

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• Neutrino mass from cosmology: Impact of high-accuracy measurement of the Hubble constant
• Absolute Calibration of Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relations in NGC 4258
• Ghost condensates and pure kinetic $k$-essence condensates in presence of field-fluid non-minimal coupling in the dark sector
• The stellar mass function and star formation rate-stellar mass relation of galaxies at z ~ 4 - 7
• Non-Gaussian isocurvature perturbations in dark radiation
• Generation of large-scale magnetic fields from inflation in teleparallelism
• The Metallicity Dependence of the Cepheid P-L Relation in M101
• Parameterizing and Measuring Dark Energy Trajectories from Late-Inflatons
• Can Cosmic Parallax Distinguish Between Anisotropic Cosmologies?
• Tension between SN and BAO: current status and future forecasts
• Properties and uncertainties of scalar field models of dark energy with barotropic equation of state
• How Flat is Our Universe Really?
• Does accelerating universe indicates Brans-Dicke theory
• The Cepheid Distance to the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4051
• Modelling the matter bispectrum at small scales in modified gravity
• Self-interacting holographic dark energy
• Time delay between images of the lensed quasar UM673
• The Baade-Wesselink p-factor applicable to LMC Cepheids
• Parameter Estimation from Improved Measurements of the CMB from QUaD
• Featuring the primordial power spectrum: new constraints on interrupted slow-roll from CMB and LRG data
• Constraining the dark energy and smoothness parameter with type Ia Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts
• Modelling Non-Linear Effects of Dark Energy
• Observational constraints on scalar field models of dark energy with barotropic equation of state
• Quintessence versus phantom dark energy: the arbitrating power of current and future observations
• The generalized second law of thermodynamics for interacting $f(R)$ gravity
• Weak Lensing by Intergalactic Mini-Structures in Quadruple Lens Systems: Simulation and Detection
• Observational Viability of an Inflation Model with E-Model non-Minimal Derivative Coupling
• Testing dark matter warmness and quantity via the reduced relativistic gas model
• Planck constant as adiabatic invariant characterized by Hubble's and cosmological constants
• Diffuse Far-UV Line Emission from the Low-Redshift Lyman Break Galaxy Analog KISSR242
• Supersymmetric Higgses beyond the MSSM: An update with flavour and Dark Matter constraints
• Cosmic flows and the expansion of the Local Universe from nonlinear phase-space reconstructions
• Observational constraints on unified dark matter including Hubble parameter data
• A First Look at Cepheids in a SN Ia Host with JWST
• Observational constraints on assisted k-inflation
• Prospects of Searching for Type Ia Supernovae with 2.5-m Wide Field Survey Telescope
• Constraints on Dark Energy Parameters from Correlations of CMB with LSS
• Future CMB ISW-Lensing bispectrum constraints on modified gravity in the Parameterized Post-Friedmann formalism
• Improved cosmological constraints on the curvature and equation of state of dark energy
• Holographic dark energy described at the Hubble length
• Constraints to Holographic Dark Energy Model via Type Ia Supernovae, Baryon Acoustic Oscillation and WMAP
• Dark matter interacts with variable vacuum energy
• Constraining quantum collapse inflationary models with current data: The semiclassical approach
• Cosmological Constraints on the Higgs Boson Mass
• The Age-Redshift Relation For Luminous Red Galaxies Obtained From the Full Spectrum Fitting and Its Cosmological Implications
• Constraining H0 in General Dark Energy Models from Sunyaev-Zeldovich/X-ray Technique and Complementary Probes
• Sudden Future Singularity models as an alternative to Dark Energy?
• Comparative Analysis of Peculiar Type Ia 1991bg-like Supernovae Spectra
• Uncorrelated estimates of the primordial power spectrum
• The intrinsic reddening of the Magellanic Clouds as traced by background galaxies -- II. The Small Magellanic Cloud
• Determination of the abundance of cosmic matter via the cell count moments of the galaxy distribution (1)
• A model independent measure of the large scale curvature of the Universe
• Average luminosity distance in inhomogeneous universes
• An updated analysis of two classes of f(R) theories of gravity
• Weinberg's Higgs portal confronting recent LUX and LHC results together with upper limits on B^+ and K^+ decay into invisibles
• Third quantization of $f(R)$-type gravity
• Is dark energy evolving?
• Observational constraints on a cosmological model with Lagrange multipliers
• Cosmological constraints from low-redshift data
• Coupled quintessence with a possible transient accelerating phase
• The dark side of curvature
• Period-Luminosity relations derived from the OGLE-III First-overtone mode Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds
• Environmental Dependence of Type Ia Supernovae in Low-Redshift Galaxy Clusters
• Systematics in the Gamma Ray Bursts Hubble diagram
• Updated F(T) gravity constraints from high redshift cosmography
• Observational cosmology and the cosmic distance-duality relation
• Correlations between cosmic strings and extra relativistic species
• Model-Independent Predictions for Smooth Cosmic Acceleration Scenarios
• High Redshift Investigation On The Dark Energy Equation of State
• How CMB and large-scale structure constrain chameleon interacting dark energy
• Observational constraints on the energy scale of inflation
• Does gravity operate between galaxies? Observational evidence re-examined
• The $k$-essence scalar field in the context of Supernova Ia Observations
• Mass-varying neutrino in light of cosmic microwave background and weak lensing
• It's a dark, dark world: Background evolution of interacting $\varphi$CDM models beyond simple exponential potentials
• Constraints on $\Lambda (t)$-cosmology with power law interacting dark sectors
• Constraints on the Tensor-to-Scalar ratio for non-power-law models
• Nonbaryonic dark matter and scalar field coupled with a transversal interaction plus decoupled radiation
• The Extragalactic Distance Scale without Cepheids IV
• Third quantization of $f(R)$-type gravity II - General $f(R)$ case -
• Figure of Merit and Different Combinations of Observational Data Sets
• Observational consequences of the Standard Model Higgs inflation variants
• Implications of JLA data for $k-$essence model of dark energy with given equation of state
• Coordinated JWST Imaging of Three Distance Indicators in a SN Host Galaxy and an Estimate of the TRGB Color Dependence
• Relic Neutrino Degeneracies and Their Impact on Cosmological Parameters
• Constraining deviations from $\Lambda$CDM in the Hubble expansion rate
• Weighing neutrinos using high redshift galaxy luminosity functions
• The Dark Energy Cosmic Clock: A New Way to Parametrise the Equation of State
• No stable dissipative phantom scenario in the framework of a complete cosmological dynamics
• Backreaction as an alternative to dark energy and modified gravity
• Time-dependent diffusive interactions between dark matter and dark energy in the context of $k-$essence cosmology
• Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity from WMAP7 and Luminous Red Galaxies power spectrum and forecast for future surveys
• Generalizing thawing dark energy models: the standard vis-à-vis model independent diagnostics
• Constraining Perturbative Early Dark Energy with Current Observations
• Cosmological forecasts from photometric measurements of the angular correlation function
• Current cosmological constraints on the curvature, dark energy and modified gravity
• Mach's principle, Action at a Distance and Cosmology
• Probing the primordial power spectra with inflationary priors
• Hubble Constant, Lensing, and Time Delay in Relativistic MOND
• Limits on the Time Variation of the Fermi Constant G_F Based on Type Ia Supernova Observations
• Entropy-corrected new agegraphic dark energy in Horava-Lifshitz cosmology
• Dissecting Galaxies with Quantitative Spectroscopy of the Brightest Stars in the Universe
• Power Law Entropy Corrected New-Agegraphic Dark Energy in Hořava-Lifshitz Cosmology
• Constraining Thawing Dark Energy using Galaxy Cluster Number Counts
• On the canonical formalism of $f(R)$-type gravity using Lie derivatives
• Non minimally coupled condensate cosmologies: matching observational data with phase space
• Cosmology when living near the Great Attractor
• Probing Ricci dark energy model with perturbations by using WMAP seven-year cosmic microwave background measurements, BAO and Type Ia supernovae
• Freezing Out Early Dark Energy
• Modelling Time-varying Dark Energy with Constraints from Latest Observations
• Constraints on Dark Energy state equation with varying pivoting redshift
• Reconstruction of the interaction term between dark matter and dark energy using SNe Ia
• Expansion and Growth of Structure Observables in a Macroscopic Gravity Averaged Universe
• Primordial power spectrum versus extension parameters beyond the standard model
• Backreaction mechanism in multifluid and extended cosmologies
• Interacting dark energy collapse with matter components separation
• Observational constraint on dynamical evolution of dark energy
• Distances to Galaxies from the Brightest Stars in the Universe
• Forecasting cosmological constraints from age of high-z galaxies
• Revisiting Cardassian Model and Cosmic Constraint
• Constraining the Lattice Fluid Dark Energy from SNe Ia, BAO and OHD
• The intrinsic reddening of the Magellanic Clouds as traced by background galaxies -- III. The Large Magellanic Cloud
• On Dark Energy Isocurvature Perturbation
• How accurately can we measure the hydrogen 2S->1S transition rate from the cosmological data?
• Holographic dark energy at the Ricci scale
• Unified dark fluid with fast transition: including entropic perturbations
• Computing Accurate Age and Distance Factors in Cosmology
• Beyond the Standard Model of Physics with Astronomical Observations
• Dynamics of dark energy in the gravitational fields of matter inhomogeneities
• Measuring primordial gravitational waves from CMB B-modes in cosmologies with generalized expansion histories
• On the Paradoxical Impact of Blending by Red Clump Giants
• Dark energy as an elastic strain fluid
• Generalized second law of thermodynamics on the apparent horizon in modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity
• Constraining Dynamical Dark Energy Models through the Abundance of High-Redshift Supermassive Black Holes
• Reconstruction of the interaction term between dark matter and dark energy using SNe Ia, BAO, CMB, H(z) and X-ray gas mass fraction
• Understanding the dynamical structure of pulsating stars: The Baade-Wesselink projection factor of the delta Scuti stars AI Vel and beta Cas
• Observational tests of the Glavan, Prokopec and Starobinsky model of dark energy
• Structure Formation Constraints on Sommerfeld-Enhanced Dark Matter Annihilation
• Clustering of Local Group distances: publication bias or correlated measurements? VII. A distance framework out to 100 Mpc
• Observational constraints on a Yang-Mills condensate dark energy model
• Cosmological constraints on Lorentz invariance violation in the neutrino sector
• Distance Measurements and Stellar Population Properties via Surface Brightness Fluctuations
• New near-infrared observations and lens-model constraints for UM673
• Generalized particle dynamics in anti de Sitter spaces: A source for dark energy
• The constraint ability of Hubble parameter by gravitational wave standard sirens on cosmological parameters
• The Chicago Carnegie Hubble Program: Improving the Calibration of SNe Ia with JWST Measurements of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch
• The generalized second law of thermodynamics for the interacting in $f(T)$ gravity
• Viability tests of \textit{f(R)}-gravity models with Supernovae Type 1A data
• On the prior dependence of constraints on the tensor-to-scalar ratio
• Exploring neutralino dark matter resonance annihilation via bA,bH -> b mu^+ mu^- at the LHC
• Measuring the Hubble Constant with the Hubble Space Telescope
• Behavior of $F(R)$ gravity around a crossing of the phantom divide
• A joint 1% calibration of the RR Lyrae & type-II Cepheid Leavitt laws yields homogeneous distances to 93 Galactic globular clusters
• An overview of the current status of CMB observations
• The Possible Equation Of State Of Dark Matter in Low Surface Brightness Galaxies
• Scalar field models of dark energy with barotropic equation of state: properties and observational constraints from different datasets
• Observational effects of the early episodically dominating dark energy
• Are all perturbations created equal? An analysis of the WMAP 5- and 7-year data without inflationary prejudice
• Consistencies and inconsistencies in redshift-independent distances
• ZTF SN Ia DR2 follow-up: Exploring the origin of the Type Ia supernova host galaxy step through Si II velocities
• Asteroseismology, standard candles and the Hubble Constant: what is the role of asteroseismology in the era of precision cosmology?
• Emergent Universe as an interaction in the dark sector
• The connection between cosmology and neutrino physics
• Constraints on a scalar-tensor model with Gauss-Bonnet coupling from SN Ia and BAO observations
• Gravitational lensing by a black hole in Poincar{é} gauge theory of gravity
• Dynamics of a spherically symmetric inhomogeneous coupled dark energy model with coupling term proportional to non relatvistic matter
• Measuring the Hubble Constant Near and Far in the Era of ELT's
• Reference frame dependence of the local measurement of the Hubble constant
• Cosmological constraints on the big bang quantum cosmology model
• A Proposal for a Fast Infrared Bursts Detector
• Probing the Type 3 interacting dark-energy model using matter pairwise velocity
• Modified scaling in $k$-essence model in interacting dark energy - dark matter scenario
• Sample Variance for Supernovae Distance Measurements and the Hubble tension
• Evaluation of the neutron background in CsI target for WIMP direct detection when using a reactor neutrino detector as a neutron veto system
• Prospects of the multi-channel photometric survey telescope in the cosmological application of Type Ia supernovae
• Friedmann-free limits on spatial curvature
• On the accelerated expansion of the cosmos
• Neutrino matter with PLANCK
• Dynamical analysis of $k$-essence cosmology in the light of Supernova Ia observations
• Revisiting dynamics of interacting quintessence
• The Measurement of the Hubble Constant H_0 in the Solar System
• Effective Approaches in and Beyond the MSSM : applications to Higgs Physics and Dark Matter observables
• Testing the effects from dark radiation