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12 claims from 5 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

   Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant

   Riess, Filippenko, Challis et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 1998

   Using 16 distant and 34 nearby type Ia supernovae, the paper finds distances that favour an accelerating, eternally expanding Universe with a positive cosmological constant.

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   1. Unchecked“Different light curve fitting methods, SN Ia subsamples, and prior constraints unanimously favor eternally expanding models with positive cosmological constant (i.e., Omega_Lambda > 0) and a current acceleration of the expansion (i.e., q_0 < 0).”
   2. UncheckedThe paper states that a Universe with a mass density equal to the critical value (Omega_M=1, ordinary matter only) is ruled out at the 7 to 8 sigma level.“A Universe closed by ordinary matter (i.e., Omega_M=1) is ruled out at the 7 sigma to 8 sigma level.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

   Can interacting dark energy solve the H0 tension?

   Di Valentino, MELCHIORRI and Mena · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2017

   The paper finds that interacting dark energy can ease the tension between Planck and direct measurements of the Hubble constant, though other datasets show no compelling evidence for such a coupling.

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   1. UncheckedCombining Planck and Riess et al. 2016 data points to a non-zero dark matter-dark energy coupling of ξ = -0.26 (+0.16, -0.12) at 95% CL.“The combination of these two datasets points towards an evidence for a non-zero dark matter-dark energy coupling $ξ$ at more than two standard deviations, with $ξ=-0.26_{-0.12}^{+0.16}$ at $95\%$ CL.”
   2. UncheckedLetting interacting dark energy's equation of state vary gives w = -1.184 ± 0.064, which the authors say excludes w = -1 at over two standard deviations.“However the $H_0$ tension is better solved when the equation of state of the interacting dark energy component is allowed to freely vary, with a phantom-like equation of state $w=-1.184\pm0.064$ (at $68 \%$ CL), ruling out the pure cosmological constant case, $w=-1$, again at more than two standard…”
   3. UncheckedCombining Planck with BAO, supernova, cosmic shear or lensing data shows no compelling evidence for dark matter-dark energy coupling, and fits a cosmological constant.“When Planck data are combined with external datasets, as BAO, JLA Supernovae Ia luminosity distances, cosmic shear or lensing data, we find good consistency with the cosmological constant scenario and no compelling evidence for a dark matter-dark energy coupling.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

   DESI 2024: reconstructing dark energy using crossing statistics with DESI DR1 BAO data

   Calderón, Lodha, Shafieloo et al. · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · 2024

   The authors used Crossing Statistics on DESI DR1 BAO data, with supernova and Planck CMB data, to reconstruct the universe's expansion history and dark energy without assuming a specific model.

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   1. UncheckedReconstructions from DESI DR1 BAO data hint that dark energy evolves and is negligible at redshifts above about 1, with significance depending on the data combined.“Our results hint towards an evolving and emergent dark energy behaviour, with negligible presence of dark energy at $z\gtrsim 1$, at varying significance depending on the data sets combined.”
   2. UncheckedIn every reconstruction in this paper, the cosmological constant falls outside the 95% confidence range over some redshift intervals.“In all these reconstructions, the cosmological constant lies outside the $95\%$ confidence intervals for some redshift ranges.”

4. Physics and Astronomy › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

   Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 High-Redshift Supernovae

   Perlmutter, Aldering, Goldhaber et al. · Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) · 1998

   Using 42 distant Type Ia supernovae plus nearby ones, the authors measured the universe's mass density and cosmological-constant energy density, finding data that favour a non-zero, positive cosmological constant.

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   1. UncheckedThe supernova data constrain the universe's matter and dark-energy densities to roughly 0.8 Omega_M - 0.6 Omega_Lambda = -0.2 ± 0.1, for Omega_M up to about 1.5.“The measurement yields a joint probability distribution of the cosmological parameters that is approximated by the relation 0.8 Omega_M - 0.6 Omega_Lambda ~= -0.2 +/- 0.1 in the region of interest (Omega_M <~ 1.5).”
   2. UncheckedAssuming a flat universe, the supernova data give a matter density parameter of about 0.28, with stated statistical and systematic uncertainties.“For a flat (Omega_M + Omega_Lambda = 1) cosmology we find Omega_M = 0.28{+0.09,-0.08} (1 sigma statistical) {+0.05,-0.04} (identified systematics).”
   3. UncheckedThe supernova data fit poorly with an open universe lacking a cosmological constant, and indicate a positive one with 99% confidence, systematics included.“An open, Lambda = 0 cosmology also does not fit the data well: the data indicate that the cosmological constant is non-zero and positive, with a confidence of P(Lambda > 0) = 99%, including the identified systematic uncertainties.”

5. Physics and Astronomy › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

   Revisiting CPL with sign-switching density: To cross or not to cross the NECB

   Gökçen, Akarsu and Di Valentino · Physics of the Dark Universe · 2026

   The paper tests whether DESI-era preference for dynamical dark energy persists when the dark-energy density may switch sign in the past, using two extensions of the CPL model.

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   1. UncheckedIn these models, late-time BAO and supernova data push the negative dark-energy density phase beyond the redshifts they directly cover, driving the inferred parameters.“We find that late-time BAO and SNeIa data drive the negative-density phase beyond their effective redshift coverage, and that this requirement is the primary driver of the inferred parameter behavior.”
   2. Unchecked“While both models are statistically disfavored relative to the baseline CPL, admitting a negative DE phase generally reduces the significance of deviations from a cosmological constant.”