Phantom Scalar Field Cosmologies Constrained by Early Cosmic Measurements

Abstract

In this work, we explore new constraints on phantom scalar field cosmologies with a scalar field employing early-time catalogs related to CMB measurements, along with the local standard observables, like Supernovae Type Ia (SNIa), H(z) measurements (Cosmick clocks), and Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) baselines. In particular, we studied a tracker phantom field with hyperbolic polar coordinates that have been proposed in the literature. The main goal is to obtain precise cosmological constraints for H0 and σ8, in comparison to other constructions that present tension in early cosmological parameters. Our results show that phantom scalar field cosmologies have a reduced statistical tension on H0 that it is less than 3σ using model-independent CMB catalogs as SPT-3G+WMAP9 and ACTPol DR-4+WMAP9 baselines. This suggests that these models, using a different phantom potential, might address the Hubble constant problem and reduce the systematics involved.

Keywords

• dark energy
• precision cosmology
• cosmological parameters
• Hubble constant tension