A sound-horizon-free measurement of the Hubble constant from DESI DR2 baryon acoustic oscillations using artificial neural networks

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author Gadbail, Gaurav N.
Bamba, Kazuharu
author_facet Gadbail, Gaurav N.
Bamba, Kazuharu
contents We present a model-independent, sound-horizon-free measurement of the Hubble constant $H_0$ using baryon acoustic oscillation tracers from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Data Release 2. The function reconstructions are performed using the artificial neural network method, which is a completely data-driven approach that avoids the mild $Λ$CDM prior dependence. Our approach is based on the distance duality relation and combines three complementary observational probes, such as Type Ia supernovae, cosmic chronometer, and DESI DR2 BAO -- without requiring any knowledge of the sound horizon scale $r_d$ or any assumption about the absolute luminosity of SNe Ia. We obtain a joint constraint of $H_0 = 71.5\pm2.2$ km s$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-1}$ at 68\% confidence for 1000 bootstrap realisations and 4096 neurons, which is consistent with the TRGB result and the SH0ES measurement within $0.6σ$, consistent with the Planck 2020 result within $2σ$. Our results favor a higher value of $H_0$ compared to the Planck CMB inference, adding independent support for the reality of the Hubble tension.
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spellingShingle A sound-horizon-free measurement of the Hubble constant from DESI DR2 baryon acoustic oscillations using artificial neural networks
Gadbail, Gaurav N.
Bamba, Kazuharu
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We present a model-independent, sound-horizon-free measurement of the Hubble constant $H_0$ using baryon acoustic oscillation tracers from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Data Release 2. The function reconstructions are performed using the artificial neural network method, which is a completely data-driven approach that avoids the mild $Λ$CDM prior dependence. Our approach is based on the distance duality relation and combines three complementary observational probes, such as Type Ia supernovae, cosmic chronometer, and DESI DR2 BAO -- without requiring any knowledge of the sound horizon scale $r_d$ or any assumption about the absolute luminosity of SNe Ia. We obtain a joint constraint of $H_0 = 71.5\pm2.2$ km s$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-1}$ at 68\% confidence for 1000 bootstrap realisations and 4096 neurons, which is consistent with the TRGB result and the SH0ES measurement within $0.6σ$, consistent with the Planck 2020 result within $2σ$. Our results favor a higher value of $H_0$ compared to the Planck CMB inference, adding independent support for the reality of the Hubble tension.
title A sound-horizon-free measurement of the Hubble constant from DESI DR2 baryon acoustic oscillations using artificial neural networks
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24050