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Revealing Intrinsic Flat CDM Biases with Standardizable Candles

arXiv:2203.10558 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.L041301

Abstract

Emerging high redshift cosmological probes, in particular quasars (QSOs), show a preference for larger matter densities, , within the flat CDM framework. Here, using the Risaliti-Lusso relation for standardizable QSOs, we demonstrate that the QSOs recover the \textit{same} Planck-CDM Universe as Type Ia supernovae (SN), at lower redshifts , before transitioning to an Einstein-de Sitter Universe () at higher redshifts . We illustrate the same trend, namely increasing and decreasing with redshift, in SN but poor statistics prevent a definitive statement. We explain physically why the trend is expected in the flat CDM cosmology, illustrate the intrinsic bias and non-Gaussian tails with mock Pantheon data, and identify a similar trend in BAO below . Our results highlight an intrinsic bias in the flat CDM Universe, whereby increases, decreases and increases with effective redshift, thus providing a new perspective on CDM tensions; even in a Planck-CDM Universe the current tensions might have been expected.

6 pages, 7 figures, comments welcome; v2 matches published version

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