Is CDM a good model for the clumpy Universe?
arXiv:2507.00779 · doi:10.1016/j.dark.2025.101996
Abstract
The DESI collaboration just obtained a set of precise BAO measurements, that combined with CMB and SNIa datasets show that the CDM model is preferred over CDM, at more than , to describe the dynamics of the expanding Universe. This raises the question whether this model also suitably describes the clumpy Universe. Also lately, detailed analyses of diverse cosmic tracers resulted in a new dataset of measurements of an observable from the clumpy Universe: , spanning a high-redshift data . In this work we use this dataset of 15 measurements to study the viability of the CDM cosmological model to explain the clustered Universe. Our analyses compare the CDM model with the function reconstructed from the data points using Gaussian Process. Moreover, we perform a similar evaluation of the CDM model considering Planck and~DESI best-fit parameters. In addition, we implemented robustness tests regarding Gaussian Process reconstruction to support our results.
8 pages, 3 figures