Is there evidence for a hotter Universe?

Abstract

The measurement of present-day temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), $T_0=2.72548\pm 0.00057$ K (1$\sigma$), made by the Far-InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS), is one of the most precise measurements ever made in Cosmology. On the other hand, estimates of the Hubble Constant, $H_0$, obtained from measurements of the CMB temperature fluctuations assuming the standard $\Lambda$CDM model exhibit a large ($4.1\sigma$) tension when compared with low-redshift, model-independent observations. Recently, some authors argued that a slightly change in $T_0$ could alleviate or solve the $H_0$-tension problem. Here, we investigate evidence for a hotter or colder universe by performing an independent analysis from currently available temperature-redshift $T(z)$ measurements. Our analysis (parametric and non-parametric) shows a good agreement with the FIRAS measurement and a discrepancy of $\gtrsim 1.9\sigma$ from the $T_0$ values required to solve the $H_0$ tension. This result reinforces the idea that a solution of the $H_0$-tension problem in fact requires either a better understanding of the systematic errors on the $H_0$ measurements or new physics.

arXiv comment4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in European Physical Journal C

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