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Hubble constant in the axi-Higgs universe

Leo W. H. Fung1,*, Lingfeng Li1,†, Tao Liu1,‡, Hoang Nhan Luu1,§, Yu-Cheng Qiu1,∥, and S.-H. Henry Tye1,2,¶

  • 1Department of Physics and Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 2Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA

  • *whfungad@connect.ust.hk
  • †iaslfli@ust.hk
  • ‡taoliu@ust.hk
  • §hnluu@connect.ust.hk
  • ∥yqiuai@connect.ust.hk
  • sht5@cornell.edu
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Phys. Rev. Research 5, L022059 – Published 22 June, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L022059

Abstract

The Λ-cold-dark-matter (ΛCDM) model provides an excellent fit to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. However, a statistically significant tension emerges when its determination of the Hubble constant H0 is compared to the local distance-redshift measurements. The axi-Higgs model, which couples an ultralight axion to the Higgs field, offers a specific variation of the ΛCDM model. It relaxes the H0 tension as well as explains the Li7 puzzle in big bang nucleosynthesis, the clustering S8 tension with the weak-lensing (WL) data, and the observed isotropic cosmic birefringence in CMB. In this Letter, we demonstrate how the H0 and S8 tensions can be relaxed simultaneously, by correlating the axion impacts on the early and late universe. In a benchmark scenario (m=2×10−30 eV) selected for upcoming experimental tests, the analysis combining the CMB+BAO (baryon acoustic oscillation)+WL+SN data yields H0=69.9±1.5 km/s/Mpc and S8=0.8045±0.0096. Combining this [excluding the SN (supernovae) part] with the local distance-redshift measurements yields H0=72.42±0.76 km/s/Mpc, while S8 is slightly more suppressed.

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Phys. Rev. Research 5, L022059– Published 22 June, 2023
  • Received 13 May 2021
  • Revised 29 March 2022
  • Accepted 2 March 2023
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