Bayesian and frequentist perspectives agree on dynamical dark energy

Abstract

Baryon acoustic oscillation data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) show evidence of a deviation from a cosmological constant $\Lambda$ within a Bayesian analysis. In this work, we validate that frequentist constraints from profile likelihoods on the Chevallier-Polarski-Linder parameters $w_0$, $w_a$ are in excellent agreement with the Bayesian constraints when combining with Planck cosmic microwave background, Planck and Atacama Cosmology Telescope lensing, and either Pantheon+ or Dark Energy Survey Y5 supernova data. Further, we assess which datasets drive these constraints by considering the contributions to the ${\chi }^2$ from the individual datasets. For profile likelihoods of the matter fraction ${\Omega }_{\mathrm{m}}$, such an investigation shows internal inconsistencies when assuming $\Lambda$, which are resolved when assuming a $w_0{w}_a$ dark-energy model. We infer the equations of state $w(z)$ at the pivot redshifts, supporting previous interpretations that current data appears to be more sensitive to the derivative of $w(z)$ rather than a mean offset from $\Lambda$. Thus our frequentist analysis corroborates previous findings on dynamical DE.

13 pages, 8 figures; updated to match version published in PRD

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