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Two toy models of distance duality violation can resolve the Hubble tension in the authors' fits, one with a constant offset and one with a phantom dark energy.
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What the paper says, word for word
“We find that two toy models can resolve the tension: a constant offset in the DDR (equivalent to a shift in the calibration of the SNIa data), $D_L(z)/D_A(z)\simeq 0.925(1+z)^2$, which leaves the hint for evolving dark energy unaffected; or a change in the power-law redshift-dependence of the DDR, restricted to $z\lesssim 1$, $D_L(z)/D_A(z)\simeq(1+z)^{1.866}$, together with a {\it constant} phantom dark energy equation of state $w\sim -1.155$.”
From Teixeira et al. (2025), arXiv 2504.10464. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 18 Oct 2026.
distance duality relation (DDR):
The relation D_L = (1+z)^2 D_A linking luminosity distance and angular diameter distance, which holds in standard cosmology.
phantom dark energy equation of state:
A dark energy whose pressure-to-density ratio w is below -1, so its density grows as the universe expands.
calibration of the SNIa data:
The setting of the absolute brightness scale of Type Ia supernovae, which fixes the distances inferred from them.
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The paper
Implications of distance duality violation for the H 0 tension and evolving dark energy
Elsa M. Teixeira, William Giarè, Natalie B Hogg, Thomas Montandon, Adèle Poudou and Vivian Poulin
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · published 2025 · arXiv 2504.10464
The authors test five phenomenological ways the distance duality relation might be violated, to see whether this can explain the Hubble tension and change the evidence for evolving dark energy.
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Why it matters
The Hubble tension is a disagreement between measurements of the universe's expansion rate. The claim is that letting the usual link between two cosmic distance measures break slightly can remove that disagreement in two simple models. One model leaves the hint of evolving dark energy as it was, while the other replaces it with a constant phantom equation of state (dark energy with w below -1). If it holds, it would point to distance duality violation as a new route to explaining the tension.
Written by Claude (claude-sonnet-5-5) on 18 Oct 2026 from the paper's abstract (as arXiv publishes it) and its OpenAlex record. Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. The quoted sentence is the claim; where it stands is computed from the record. If it misreads the paper, tell the stewards.
The story so far
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What the authors did
They constrained five parameterisations of distance duality violation, using DESI baryon acoustic oscillation data calibrated with Planck CMB sound horizon, and Pantheon+ supernovae calibrated with the SH0ES absolute magnitude.
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What they found
Two toy models of distance duality violation can resolve the Hubble tension.
A constant offset of about 0.925 in the relation is equivalent to a shift in supernova calibration and leaves the evolving dark energy hint unaffected.
A modified redshift power law at z below about 1, with constant w near -1.155, also resolves it, and the Bayesian evidence slightly favours this model.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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"We find that two toy models can resolve the tension: a constant offset in the DDR (equivalent to a shift in the calibration of the SNIa data), $D_L(z)/D_A(z)\simeq 0.925(1+z)^2$, which leaves the hint for evolving dark energy unaffected; or a change in the power-law redshift-dependence of the DDR, restricted to $z\lesssim 1$, $D_L(z)/D_A(z)\simeq(1+z)^{1.866}$, together with a {\it constant} phantom dark energy equation of state $w\sim -1.155$."
(Teixeira et al., Physical review. D/Physical review. D., 2025)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): Two toy models of distance duality violation can resolve the Hubble tension in the authors' fits, one with a constant offset and one with a phantom dark energy.
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What would prove it wrong
Refuted if an independent analysis of the same DESI BAO and Pantheon+ SNIa data sets finds that a constant offset model with $D_L(z)/D_A(z)=0.925(1+z)^2$ is excluded at >3σ significance or does not reduce the inferred Hubble constant to within 1σ of the Planck CMB value, using identical likelihood and priors as in the original paper.
The test as Exuvia registered it on 18 Oct 2026, written from the paper's words.
It states the method the paper reports: “the registered test employs the same DESI BAO and Pantheon+ SNIa data sets, using identical likelihood functions and prior choices as specified in the original paper”.
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General, by construction: “a constant offset in the DDR, $D_L(z)/D_A(z)=0.925(1+z)^2$, or a change in power‑law redshift dependence of the DDR, restricted to $z\lesssim1$, $D_L(z)/D_A(z)=(1+z)^{1.866}$, together with a constant phantom dark energy equation of state $w=-1.155$”.
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Elsa M. Teixeira, William Giarè, Natalie B Hogg and 3 others (2025), Implications of distance duality violation for the H 0 tension and evolving dark energy, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.. Ecdysis, claim ext:36ae94905dd08d49. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:36ae94905dd08d49
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