A G_2G2-Holonomy Model for Late-Time Cosmic Acceleration in M-theory: Alleviating the Hubble Tension through Geometric Vacuum Energy

TL;DR

This paper proposes a G2G2-holonomy M-theory model where geometric vacuum energy from moduli stabilization explains late-time cosmic acceleration, alleviating the Hubble tension and predicting distinctive black hole phenomenology.

Contribution

It introduces a novel M-theory-based framework with dynamic geometric moduli generating an evolving cosmological term, addressing key cosmological tensions and black hole properties.

Findings

Achieves H0 ≈ 69.4 km/s/Mpc, reducing the Hubble tension.

Predicts a suppressed S8 parameter around 0.67, consistent with data.

Identifies unique gravitational-wave and electromagnetic signatures from black holes.

Abstract

A framework is developed within an eleven-dimensional M-theory scenario where dynamical geometric moduli, originating from a $G_{\mathrm{2}}$-holonomy compactification, generate an evolving cosmological term, $\Lambda(z)$. This ``Geometric Vacuum Energy'' (GVE) is shown to be consistent across both cosmological and astrophysical scales. We demonstrate that a natural attractor solution alleviates the Hubble tension, yielding an inferred $H_0 \approx 69.4\ \mathrm{km}\,\mathrm{s}^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$ and a suppressed structure growth parameter $S_8 \approx 0.67$, while remaining in excellent agreement with cosmic chronometer data ($\chi^2/N \approx 0.44$). Its predictions in the strong-gravity regime profoundly strengthen the framework's self-consistency. We show that this model supports stable, hairy black hole solutions whose existence conditions are congruent with the cosmological attractor ($\Phi_{\text{horizon}} \leftrightarrow \Phi_{\text{cosmology}}$). Furthermore, these objects exhibit a rich, falsifiable phenomenology, including (i) the definitive breaking of isospectrality in their gravitational-wave quasi-normal modes, (ii) a suppressed Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect, and (iii) unique thermodynamic and electromagnetic accretion signatures. These interconnected findings highlight a pathway where a single, theoretically-motivated framework can naturally reconcile multiple observational puzzles.