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通过增加光学深度到再离子化来解决 ΛCDM 宇宙学的紧张关系

Noah Sailer^1,2, Gerrit S Farren^1,2, Simone Ferraro^1,2

¹University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics, California 94720, USA.

Physical review letters

|March 13, 2026

概括

新暗能量光谱仪 (DESI) 数据显示,在标准 ΛCDM 模型中,与宇宙微波背景 (CMB) 测量结果相比,存在轻微的紧张. 将光学深度增加到再电离 (τ) 解决了这些张力,这表明CMB数据中存在潜在的系统性.

科学领域:

宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
天体物理学天体物理学
粒子物理学粒子物理学

背景情况:

最近从暗能量光谱仪 (DESI) 进行的巴里昂声波振荡 (BAO) 测量显示,在标准 ΛCDM 宇宙模型中,与宇宙微波背景 (CMB) 数据存在轻微差异 (2.2σ).
这种不一致性表明了LCDM模型的潜在问题,当考虑扩展宇宙学时,它表现为对非最小中微子质量或演化暗能量的偏好.

研究的目的:

为了研究光学深度对再电离 (τ) 对解决DESI BAO和CMB数据之间的宇宙张力的影响.
探索中微子质量,暗能量进化和其他宇宙学参数在扩展模型中的 τ 增加的影响.

主要方法:

在扩展宇宙模型中,分析DESI BAO测量与CMB数据 (高I CMB,CMB透镜) 的结合.
研究CMB推断的t和物质分数之间的相关性,以评估t对几何约束的影响.
将结果与现有的普朗克低I极化数据进行比较,并考虑潜在的系统错误.

主要成果:

将光学深度增加到再电离 (τ) 到大约0.09,减轻了与次最小中微子质量相关的紧张,并减少了从3σ到1.5σ进化的暗能量的偏好.
较高的t值增加了CMB推断的标量光谱指数 (n_{s}) 和哈勃常数 (H_{0}) 的值,分别为0.968±0.004和67.94±0.44 km/s/Mpc.
DESI BAO,高l CMB 和 CMB 透镜的组合产生 τ=0.090±0.012,这与普朗克低l 偏振数据处于显著张力 (3-5σ) 中,这表明普朗克数据中存在潜在的系统错误.

结论:

与DESI BAO和CMB数据相一致的显著光学深度再电离 (τ∼0.09),可以解决LCDM模型中的紧张关系,但突出了普朗克低I极化数据中的潜在系统问题.
光学深度 (τ) 仍然是最不受限制的 ΛCDM 参数,这强调了未来大型 CMB 实验和再电离时代的直接探测的需要.
大规模普朗克极化测量中的系统性错误可能是依靠CMB数据进行现代宇宙学分析的关键失败点.

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