The Hubble Tension, The $M$ Crisis of Late Time $H(z)$ Deformation Models and the Reconstruction of Quintessence Lagrangians

TL;DR

This paper analyzes recent cosmological data to constrain dark energy models, finds a tension in the absolute magnitude parameter, and reconstructs quintessence Lagrangians, revealing instabilities due to phantom behavior.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of dark energy parameterizations and reconstructs quintessence models, highlighting issues with stability related to late-time phantom behavior.

Findings

Best-fit $M$ value is inconsistent with local Cepheid measurements.

Reconstructed quintessence models exhibit instabilities due to negative kinetic terms.

Dark energy models favor late-time phantom behavior.

Abstract

We present a detailed and pedagogical analysis of recent cosmological data, including CMB, BAO, SnIa and the recent local measurement of $H_0$. We thus obtain constraints on the parameters of standard dark energy parameterizations, including $\Lambda CDM$, and $H(z)$ deformation models such as $wCDM$ (constant equation of state $w$ of dark energy), and the CPL model (corresponding to the evolving dark energy equation-of-state parameter $w(z) = w_0 + w_a \frac{z}{1+z}$). The fitted parameters include the dark matter density $\Omega_{0m}$, the SnIa absolute magnitude $M$, the Hubble constant $H_0$ and the dark energy parameters (e.g., $w$ for $wCDM$). All models considered lead to a best-fit value of $M$ that is inconsistent with the locally determined value obtained by Cepheid calibrators ($M$ tension). We then use the best-fit dark energy parameters to reconstruct the quintessence Lagrangian that would be able to reproduce these best-fit parameterizations. Due to the derived late phantom behavior of the best-fit dark energy equation-of-state parameter $w(z)$, the reconstructed quintessence models have a negative kinetic term and are therefore plagued with instabilities.