Decoupling redshift: The key to conciliate global and local estimates of the Universe expansion rate

• Published in: Europhysics letters 2021-03, Vol.133 (6), p.69002
• Main Authors: Barboza, Edésio M., Abreu, Everton M. C., Ananias Neto, Jorge
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cosmic microwave background; Decoupling; Estimates; Hubble constant; Parameter estimation; Red shift; Systematic errors; Universe
• ISSN: 0295-5075; 1286-4854
• DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/133/69002

To explain the discrepancy between the local and the global estimates of the Universe expansion rate, H 0 , becomes one of the most challenging problems in contemporary cosmology. Underestimated systematic errors as well as new physics beyond the standard ΛCDM model, has been invoked to solve, or at least alleviate, this problem. In this paper we show that we can conciliate the local measurement of the Hubble constant with its global estimate in a very simple way without making any of these assumptions. This is achieved if we deal with the decoupling redshift, , as a free parameter. By noting that the dependence of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) observables on H 0 comes from the decoupling redshift we show that, by incorporating a missing parameter, the electron fraction , to the functional form, local and global estimates of H 0 agree with each other perfectly. The effect of introducing is the same that treat as free parameter which should be fitted along with the model parameters. The CMB data and the local estimates of H 0 are reconciled if , a value higher than the value obtained from the usual calculations.