Testing the isotropy of cosmic acceleration with Pantheon+ and SH0ES: A cosmographic analysis

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Autores principales: Bengaly, Carlos A. P., Pigozzo, Cássio, Alcaniz, Jailson S.
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author Bengaly, Carlos A. P.
Pigozzo, Cássio
Alcaniz, Jailson S.
author_facet Bengaly, Carlos A. P.
Pigozzo, Cássio
Alcaniz, Jailson S.
contents We use a recent Pantheon+SH0ES compilation of Type Ia Supernova distance measurements at low-redshift, i.e., $0.01 \leq z \leq 0.10$, in order to investigate the directional dependency of the deceleration parameter ($q_0$) in different patches ($60^{\circ}$ size) across the sky, as a probe of the statistical isotropy of the Universe. We adopt a cosmographic approach to compute the cosmological distances, fixing $H_0$ and $M_B$ to reference values provided by the collaboration. By looking at 500 different patches randomly taken across the sky, we find a maximum $\sim 3σ$ CL anisotropy level for $q_0$, whose direction points orthogonally to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) dipole axis, i.e., $(RA^{\rm SN},DEC^{\rm SN}) = (267^{\circ},6^{\circ})$ vs $(RA^{\rm CMB},DEC^{\rm CMB}) = (167^{\circ},-7^{\circ})$. We assessed the statistical significance of those results, finding that such a signal is expected due to the limitations of the observational sample. These results support that there is no significant evidence for a departure from the cosmic isotropy assumption, one of the pillars of the standard cosmological model.
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spellingShingle Testing the isotropy of cosmic acceleration with Pantheon+ and SH0ES: A cosmographic analysis
Bengaly, Carlos A. P.
Pigozzo, Cássio
Alcaniz, Jailson S.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We use a recent Pantheon+SH0ES compilation of Type Ia Supernova distance measurements at low-redshift, i.e., $0.01 \leq z \leq 0.10$, in order to investigate the directional dependency of the deceleration parameter ($q_0$) in different patches ($60^{\circ}$ size) across the sky, as a probe of the statistical isotropy of the Universe. We adopt a cosmographic approach to compute the cosmological distances, fixing $H_0$ and $M_B$ to reference values provided by the collaboration. By looking at 500 different patches randomly taken across the sky, we find a maximum $\sim 3σ$ CL anisotropy level for $q_0$, whose direction points orthogonally to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) dipole axis, i.e., $(RA^{\rm SN},DEC^{\rm SN}) = (267^{\circ},6^{\circ})$ vs $(RA^{\rm CMB},DEC^{\rm CMB}) = (167^{\circ},-7^{\circ})$. We assessed the statistical significance of those results, finding that such a signal is expected due to the limitations of the observational sample. These results support that there is no significant evidence for a departure from the cosmic isotropy assumption, one of the pillars of the standard cosmological model.
title Testing the isotropy of cosmic acceleration with Pantheon+ and SH0ES: A cosmographic analysis
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17741