# Alleviating the H0 and σ8 anomalies with a decaying dark matter model

@article{Pandey2019AlleviatingTH,
title={Alleviating the H0 and $\sigma$8 anomalies with a decaying dark matter model},
author={Kanhaiya Pandey and Tanvi Karwal and Subinoy Das},
journal={arXiv: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics},
year={2019}
}
• Published 2019
• Physics
• arXiv: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
The Hubble tension between the $\Lambda$CDM-model-dependent prediction of the current expansion rate $H_0$ using Planck data and direct, model-independent measurements in the local universe from the SH0ES collaboration disagree at $>3.5\sigma$. Moreover, there exists a milder $\sim 2\sigma$ tension between similar predictions for the amplitude $S_8$ of matter fluctuations and its measurement in the local universe. As explanations relying on unresolved systematics have not been found, theorists… Expand
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