Can the quasi-molecular mechanism of recombination decrease the Hubble tension?
arXiv:2001.05874 · doi:10.1016/j.dark.2021.100841
Abstract
In the recently suggested non-standard, quasi-molecular mechanism of recombination, the presence of neighboring proton increases the ionization energy and decreases the final recombination rate of hydrogen. Both these two effects can lead to the larger value of the present expansion rate of the universe obtained using CMB data and standard cosmological model, and thus are able to reduce or resolve the Hubble tension problem. We note also that due to the quasi-molecular channel the recombination began earlier, what potentially can solve the sigma-eight tension, since the CMB-predicted value of the late matter density will be decreased.
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