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Title: Dark matter decaying in the late Universe can relieve the H0 tension

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D.
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  1. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States); Brown Theoretical Physics Center, Providence, RI (United States)
  2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)

We study the cosmological effects of two-body dark matter decays in which the products of the decay include a massless and a massive particle. Here, we show that if the massive daughter particle is slightly warm it is possible to relieve the tension between distance ladder measurements of the present-day Hubble parameter with measurements from the cosmic microwave background.

Research Organization:
Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0017993
OSTI ID:
1612809
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1546299
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D., Vol. 99, Issue 12; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 139 works
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