A model-independent measurement of the expansion and growth rates from BOSS using the FreePower method

Autor: Schirra, Adrian P., Quartin, Miguel, Amendola, Luca
Rok vydání: 2024
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: In this work we provide a data analysis of the BOSS galaxy clustering data with the recently proposed FreePower method, which adopts as parameters the power spectrum band-powers instead of a specific cosmological parametrization. It relies on the Alcock-Paczy\'nski effect and redshift-space distortions, and makes use of one-loop perturbation theory for biased tracers. In this way, we obtain for the first time constraints on the linear growth rate, on the Hubble parameter, as well as on various bias functions, that are independent of a model for the power spectrum shape and thus of both the early and late-time cosmological modelling. Using broad priors we find at $z_{\rm eff}=0.38$, $f=0.64^{+0.13}_{-0.11}$, $H/H_0=1.054^{+0.079}_{-0.048}$, and at $z_{\rm eff}=0.61$, $f=0.61^{+0.16}_{-0.11}$, $H/H_0=1.27\pm0.11$. The low-$z$ $H/H_0$ result is at 2.5$\sigma$ tension with Planck 2018 $\Lambda$CDM results. The precision in these results demonstrates the capabilities of the FreePower method. We also get constraints on the bias parameters which are in agreement with constraints from previous BOSS analyses, which serves as a cross-check of our pipeline.
Comment: v2: more robust P(k) interpolation, less informative priors in many parameters, longer MCMC chains. Slight changes at high-z results. 23 pages
Databáze: arXiv