Dark Energy and the Hubble Constant

TL;DR

This paper challenges the standard dark energy model by suggesting that local measurements indicate a lower Hubble constant and intrinsic redshifts caused by increasing particle masses, potentially eliminating the need for dark matter.

Contribution

It proposes a novel hypothesis that increasing particle masses over time explain intrinsic redshifts and negate the necessity of dark matter, challenging conventional cosmological models.

Findings

Local Hubble constant is lower than current estimates.

Intrinsic redshifts may result from increasing particle masses.

Dark matter could be explained by particle mass growth, not unseen matter.

Abstract

Dark energy is inferred from a Hubble expansion which is slower at epochs which are earlier than ours. But evidence reviewed here shows $H_0$ for nearby galaxies is actually less than currently adopted and would instead require {\it deceleration} to reach the current value. Distances of Cepheid variables in galaxies in the Local Supercluster have been measured by the Hubble Space Telescope and it is argued here that they require a low value of $H_0$ along with redshifts which are at least partly intrinsic. The intrinsic component is hypothesized to be a result of the particle masses increasing with time. The same considerations apply to Dark Matter. But with particle masses growing with time, the condensation from plasmoid to proto galaxy not only does away with the need for unseen ``dark matter'' but also explains the intrinsic (non-velocity) redshifts of younger matter.