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A dark energy parameterization independent constraint of the spatial curvature $\Omega_K$

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Pith's one-line read A three-parameter rational function for the comoving radial distance, fit to distance and Hubble-rate data, measures the spatial curvature $\Omega_K$ without assuming a dark energy model.

desk verdict A genuinely useful new distance parameterization with an analytic H(z), but the 'dark-energy-model-independent' claim overshoots what the tests actually cover, and the abstract misstates the validated w range. read the letter →

arxiv 2411.08498 v2 pith:23BLL7Y7 submitted 2024-11-13 astro-ph.CO

Zhennan Li , Pengjie Zhang This is my paper · ORCID
classification astro-ph.CO
keywords spatialcurvaturedarkenergymodelindependencecomovingradialdistancebaryonacousticoscillationsTypeIasupernovaeobservationalHubbledatacosmologicalparameterestimation
topics Dark Energy
open problems Dark Energy
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The reading

The paper proposes a dark-energy-model-independent route to measuring the spatial curvature of the universe. It parameterizes the comoving radial distance $\chi(z)$ with a three-parameter rational function whose derivative gives $H(z)$ analytically, then fits this form to BAO distance measurements, Type Ia supernova luminosity distances, and observational Hubble data. The curvature is read off through the FRW relation between angular diameter distance and $\chi$, so no dark energy equation of state needs to be assumed. The fit yields $\Omega_K = -0.01 \pm 0.09$ with SDSS BAO, $\Omega_K = 0.06 \pm 0.08$ with DESI year-one BAO, and a forecast of $\sigma(\Omega_K) \approx 0.03$ for the full DESI BAO survey. The point of the exercise is to test cosmic flatness in a way that does not secretly depend on how dark energy behaves.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing object is the three-parameter rational parameterization of the comoving radial distance (Eq. 2.9). It uses only $H_0$ and two shape parameters $A$ and $B$, approaches $cz/H_0$ at low redshift and a finite constant at high redshift, and has an analytic derivative that gives $H(z)$, avoiding numerical integration in the fit. The curvature $\Omega_K$ is then connected to the data through $\sin_K(\chi)$ in Eq. (2.5), so combining $D_H$ and $D_M$ (or $D_L$) measurements breaks the degeneracy between curvature and dark energy.

What would settle it

Generate mock BAO, supernova, and OHD data from a fiducial cosmology with a non-constant dark energy equation of state, such as $w(z) = -1 + w_a z/(1+z)$ with $w_a\neq 0$ or an early-dark-energy model, at DESI-level precision; fit Eq. (2.9) and check whether the recovered $\Omega_K$ is biased by more than the statistical error. If it is, the parameterization is not dark-energy-model-independent.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

The central discovery is that the three-parameter ansatz for $\chi(z)$ in Eq. (2.9), $\chi(z) = \frac{c}{H_0}\frac{z + AB[(1+z)^{3/2} - \frac{3}{2}z - 1]}{1 + B[(1+z)^{3/2} - 1]}$, is flexible enough to reproduce the distance-redshift relation of wCDM models to sub-percent accuracy over the redshifts probed by current and future BAO surveys, and the recovered $\Omega_K$ is unbiased in all mock cases tested. Because $H(z)$ follows from differentiating the same formula, the model can be fit directly to $D_H$, $D_M$, and $D_L$ data; curvature enters through the FRW relation $D_M = c\, \sin_K(\chi)$. Applied to the data, the fit returns a flat universe, with the BAO data providing most of the constraining power.

Load-bearing premise

The three-parameter formula for the comoving distance is assumed to be flexible enough to describe the real expansion history out to redshift 2.3, even though the mock validation covers only constant-w dark energy models with $w$ between $-1.3$ and $-0.7$ (the abstract's broader claim of $-1.3<w<1.3$ is not backed by the appendix).

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Combining distance and Hubble-rate data through Eq. (2.9) constrains $\Omega_K$ without assuming $\Lambda$CDM, wCDM, or any specific dark energy equation of state.
  • With SDSS BAO, Pantheon+ supernovae, and OHD the fit returns $\Omega_K = -0.01 \pm 0.09$, consistent with a flat universe and independent of CMB data.
  • Replacing SDSS BAO with DESI year-one BAO gives $\Omega_K = 0.06 \pm 0.08$, matching the DESI survey's model-dependent constraints and exposing a difference between the two BAO data sets.
  • The full DESI BAO survey is forecast to constrain $\Omega_K$ to $\sigma \approx 0.03$ on its own, making the method a competitive late-universe flatness test.
  • The same fit also constrains $H_0$ and the sound horizon $r_d$, and the parameterization can be reused for other quantities such as the horizon radius.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • A direct extension would apply the same fitting scheme to gravitational-wave standard sirens or other distance indicators; that would test how robust the $\Omega_K$ result is to systematic errors in the supernova and BAO data.
  • The model-independence claim is only as broad as the validation: the appendix covers constant-w dark energy with $w$ in $[-1.3,-0.7]$, so using Eq. (2.9) on data with a sharply evolving equation of state (e.g., early dark energy) would need a dedicated mock test before trusting the recovered $\Omega_K$.
  • If the full DESI forecast holds, the method can cross-check the curvature tension without invoking CMB or local $H_0$ measurements, sharpening the discussion of closed-universe hints.
  • Because $\chi(z)$ approaches a finite value as $z\to\infty$, the same parameterization could define a model-independent measure of the comoving horizon radius, a direction the paper mentions but does not develop.
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Referee Report

3 major / 5 minor

Summary. The paper proposes a three-parameter analytic ansatz for the comoving radial distance chi(z) (Eq. 2.9) and combines it with BAO, Pantheon+ SNe Ia, and OHD data to constrain the spatial curvature Omega_K in a way that does not require specifying a dark energy equation of state. The authors validate the ansatz on mock wCDM data in Appendix A, report Omega_K = -0.01 +/- 0.09 for SDSS BAO + Pantheon+ + OHD and Omega_K = 0.06 +/- 0.08 after replacing SDSS BAO with DESI year-one BAO, and forecast sigma(Omega_K) ~ 0.03 for the full DESI BAO survey.

Significance. The paper offers a simple, computationally cheap parameterization and gives a concrete demonstration that Omega_K can be constrained without assuming a particular dark energy model, conditional on the ansatz being sufficiently flexible. The mock tests for constant-w wCDM show unbiased Omega_K recovery, and the reported constraints are competitive with existing late-universe analyses. If the ansatz were validated against a much broader family of expansion histories, the method would be a useful cross-check on the flatness of the universe in an era of increasingly precise BAO data.

major comments (3)
  1. [App. A] The central claim that Eq. (2.9) gives a dark-energy-model-independent Omega_K constraint rests on the flexibility of the two shape parameters A and B, but the validation in Appendix A covers only the constant-w wCDM family with w in [-1.3, -0.7] (Table 5, Figs. 6-8). The abstract states the parameterization is tested against equations of state in the range -1.3 < w < 1.3, and Sec. 2.2 claims -1.3 < w < 0.7; neither range is actually tested in the appendix. No time-varying equation of state (e.g., CPL w0-wa, early dark energy, or a low-redshift transition) is tested, so it remains possible that a real H(z) with features outside the constant-w family is absorbed into A and B, biasing Omega_K through the sin_K(chi) relation in Eq. (2.5). I recommend validating against a suite of w(z) models and synthetic H(z) curves with features in the observed redshift range, and reporting the maximum bias in Omega_K.
  2. [Secs. 3.1 and 4] The BAO likelihood ignores the published covariances between DM/rd and DH/rd and between redshift bins. For SDSS BAO (Table 1), the two entries at z=2.33 come from overlapping Lyman-alpha forest auto- and cross-correlations and are correlated; for DESI BAO (Table 2), the DESI collaboration provides a covariance matrix for the BAO measurements. The paper also does not state whether the Pantheon+ covariance matrix is used for the SNe Ia data. Since BAO dominates the Omega_K constraint (Fig. 1) and the quoted 1-sigma errors are 0.08-0.10, the effect of including these covariances should be quantified before the central constraint is considered robust.
  3. [Sec. 4 and Figs. 3, 5] The paper does not report a goodness-of-fit statistic for the real-data fits. The conclusion that the proposed parameterization describes the current data is supported mainly by visual agreement in Figs. 3 and 5, which is not sufficient to judge whether the ansatz is statistically acceptable. Reporting chi^2/dof (or the equivalent) for the SDSS BAO and DESI BAO fits would allow the reader to assess whether the ansatz leaves significant residuals that could bias Omega_K.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Throughout] The phrase 'distance module' should be 'distance modulus' (Eqs. 2.7, 2.8 and throughout the text).
  2. [Sec. 3.1] In the description of the SDSS BAO sample, 'SDSS-VI eBOSS' should be 'SDSS-IV eBOSS' in both occurrences.
  3. [Captions of Figs. 2 and 4] The captions refer to 'Patheon+ SNe Ia' and 'Patheon+'; the correct name is 'Pantheon+'.
  4. [Sec. 5] In the conclusion, 'Using our model, We expect' should have a lowercase 'we'.
  5. [Sec. 4.1] The phrase 'the z <1.0 data points' should include a space after the inequality, i.e., 'z < 1.0'.

Circularity Check

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No circular derivation: Ω_K is an independent free parameter entering through the FRW distance relation, and the parameterization is validated on external mocks.

full rationale

The central constraint Ω_K comes from fitting Eq. (2.5), D_M = (c/H0) sin_K(χ), with χ given by the three-parameter ansatz Eq. (2.9). Ω_K is not defined in terms of A or B, and no fitted quantity is renamed as a prediction. The ansatz is an explicit modeling choice, not a result imported from a self-citation. The mock validation in Appendix A is independent of the paper's data analysis and uses fiducial wCDM cosmologies; recovering the input Ω_K in mocks is a genuine consistency test, not a tautology. The only flagged issue is an internal inconsistency in the claimed validation range: the abstract states mocks span −1.3 < w < 1.3, while Appendix A says w ∈ [−1.3, −0.7] and §2.2 says −1.3 < w < 0.7. This is a limitation of the generality claim for the ansatz (a correctness risk), not a circular step, because the Ω_K inference itself does not reduce to the validation input. No load-bearing self-citations, imported uniqueness arguments, or definitional equivalences were found.

Assumptions & free parameters 5 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central constraint depends on the assumed functional form of χ(z) in Eq. 2.9, whose parameters A and B are fitted to data. The FRW metric and distance duality are standard assumptions. No new physical entities are introduced.

free parameters (5)
  • A = fitted (e.g., ~2.9 in w=-1.1 mock)
    Dimensionless parameter in Eq. 2.9 controlling the high-z asymptotic value of χ; fitted to data.
  • B = fitted (e.g., ~0.5-1.5 in mocks)
    Dimensionless parameter controlling the transition steepness of χ(z); fitted to data.
  • H0 = fitted (~67 km/s/Mpc)
    Hubble constant; constrained mainly by OHD data.
  • rd = fitted (~146 Mpc)
    Sound horizon at drag epoch; normalizes BAO distances.
  • μ0 = fitted (~25)
    Absolute magnitude nuisance parameter for SNe distance modulus.
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric describes the large-scale geometry of the universe (Eq. 2.1)
    The relation D_M = (c/H0) sin_K(χ) assumes FRW symmetry, which is the standard cosmological framework.
  • standard math Distance duality D_L = (1+z) D_M holds
    Used to convert SNe luminosity distances to comoving distances (Eq. 2.6).
  • ad hoc to paper The three-parameter form of χ(z) in Eq. 2.9 captures the true expansion history over the fitted redshift range
    This is the core modeling assumption; validated only for wCDM mocks with w in [-1.3,-0.7], not for general dark energy models.
  • domain assumption BAO measurements provide D_M/r_d and D_H/r_d with negligible correlation between effective-redshift points
    The paper treats BAO data points as independent; published covariances are not used.

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abstract

Determining the spatial curvature $\Omega_K$ of the Universe has long been crucial in cosmology. In practice, this effort is often entangled with assumptions of dark energy. A combination of distance ($D_{\rm M}$, $D_{\rm L}$) and expansion rate ($H(z)$) measurements can break this degeneracy. However, fitting against discrete data points requires parameterizations of distance and expansion rate as functions of redshifts, which often induces cosmological model dependence. In this work, we propose a new dark energy model-independent parameterization of the cosmological comoving radial distance $\chi$. Fitting data combining distance ($D_{\rm M}$, $D_{\rm L}$) and Hubble parameter (or equivalently $D_H$) measurements, we are then able to obtain $\Omega_K$ in a dark energy model-independent manner. We test this parameterization and the associated fitting scheme with mock data generated with a wide range of fiducial dark energy equations of state ($-1.3<w<1.3$), finding that the best-fit $\Omega_K$ is always unbiased. Then we combine SDSS Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO), Pantheon+ sample of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia), and Observational Hubble Data (OHD) to constrain $\Omega_K$. We find a flat universe with $\Omega_K=-0.01\pm 0.09$. Most constraining power is contributed by SDSS BAO, with the BAO-alone constraint $\Omega_K=-0.03 \pm 0.10$. When replacing SDSS BAO with DESI year-one BAO measurement, we obtain $\Omega_K=0.06 \pm 0.08$. With the full DESI BAO data alone, we forecast $\sigma(\Omega_K)\sim 0.03$. Our result verifies the flatness of the universe free of dark energy modeling, and the proposed parameterization would be useful for future investigation of $\Omega_K$ and other parameters of interest, such as the horizon radius.

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