Is Dark Energy Dynamical in the DESI Era? A Critical Review

Abstract

We investigate whether the recent DESI DR2 measurements provide or not evidences for dynamical dark energy by exploring the ${\omega }_0{\omega }_a$CDM model and its extensions with free $\sum m_{\nu }$ and $N_{\mathrm{eff}}$. Using a comprehensive MCMC analysis with a wide range of cosmological datasets including DESI~DR2 BAO and Ly$\alpha$ data, CMB compressed likelihoods, BBN, cosmic chronometers, and multiple Type~Ia supernova compilations, we assess the statistical preference for departures from $\Lambda$CDM.

41 pages, 19 figures, accepted for publication in Physics of the Dark Universe

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