Sound Horizon Independent Constraints on Early Dark Energy: The Role of Supernova Data

Abstract

We assess the consistency of cosmological models that alter the size of the sound horizon at last scattering to resolve the Hubble tension with data from ACT + Planck CMB lensing, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, and supernova data from Pantheon or Pantheon+. We use early dark energy (EDE) as an example model but conclude that the results apply to other similar models. We constrain $\Lambda$CDM and EDE with these data finding that while they can constrain $\Lambda$CDM very tightly, EDE opens up the parameter space significantly and allows $H_0>72$ km s${}^{-1}$ Mpc${}^{-1}$. We combine these data with measurements from ACT + Planck TT650TEEE CMB primary anisotropy and galaxy baryon acoustic oscillations, and find that overall, EDE fits these data better than $\Lambda$CDM at $\approx 2\sigma$. However, the fit to specifically the sound-horizon-independent measurements is worse for EDE than $\Lambda$CDM. We assess this increase in ${\chi }^2$ coming from the sound-horizon-independent measurements and find that the best-fit model is still consistent with a random statistical fluctuation even with $H_0$ values around $72$ km s${}^{-1}$ Mpc${}^{-1}$. We conclude that these specific sound-horizon-independent data cannot rule out the possibility of a miscalibration of the size of the sound horizon, but leave open the possibility that other current or future sound-horizon-independent data sets could rule out such a miscalibration.

26 pages, 6 Figures, Published in JCAP

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