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Rodrigo F. L. Holanda

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High-redshift cosmography with a possible cosmic distance duality relation violation

In this study, we used geometric distances at high redshifts (both luminosity and angular) to perform a cosmographic analysis with the Padé method, which stabilizes the behaviour of the cosmographic series in this redshift regime. However, in our analyses, we did not assume the validity of the Cosmic Distance Duality Relation (CDDR), but allowed for potential violations, such as $d_L(z) = η(z)(1+z)^2d_A(z)$, where three different functional forms of $η(z)$ are considered. By incorporating updated data from supernovae (SN), baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO), and cosmic chronometers (CC), we obtained observational constraints on cosmographic models alongside possible CDDR violations. Interestingly, we found that potential CDDR violations introduce new statistical correlations among cosmographic parameters such as $H_0$, $q_0$, and $j_0$. Nonetheless, within this framework, we did not observe significant deviations from the CDDR, and our results remain consistent with the predictions of the $Λ$CDM model. In the same time, this work provides a novel and straightforward method for testing the CDDR by fixing the background evolution through cosmographic techniques, paving the way for new geometric observational tests of possible deviations from standard cosmology.

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Non-parametric reconstruction of the fine structure constant with galaxy clusters

Testing possible variations in fundamental constants of nature is a crucial endeavor in observational cosmology. This paper investigates potential cosmological variations in the fine structure constant ($α$) through a non-parametric approach, using galaxy cluster observations as the primary cosmological probe. We employ two methodologies based on galaxy cluster gas mass fraction measurements derived from X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich observations, along with luminosity distances from type Ia supernovae. We also explore how different values of the Hubble constant ($H_0$) impact the variation of $α$ across cosmic history. When using the Planck satellite's $H_0$ observations, a constant $α$ is ruled out at approximately the 3$σ$ confidence level for $z \lesssim 0.5$. Conversely, employing local estimates of $H_0$ restores agreement with a constant $α$.

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Unveiling the Hubble Constant through Galaxy Cluster Gas Mass Fractions

In this work, we obtain Hubble constant ($H_0$) estimates by using two galaxy cluster gas mass fraction measurement samples, Type Ia supernovae luminosity distances, and the validity of the cosmic distance duality relation. Notably, the angular diameter distance (ADD) to each galaxy cluster in the samples is determined by combining its gas mass fraction measurement with galaxy clustering observations, more precisely, the $Ω_b/Ω_m$ ratio. Such a combination results in a $H_0$ estimate that is independent of a specific cosmological framework. In one of the samples, the gas fraction measurements were calculated in spherical shells at radii near $r_{\rm 2500}$ (44 data points), while in the other (103 data points) the measurements were calculated within $ r_{\rm 500}$. We find $H_0=72.7^{+6.3}_{-5.6}$ km/s/Mpc at 68\% CL for the joint analysis of these data sets. We also investigate the impact on the $H_0$ determination by exploring the precision and number of gas mass fraction data by performing a data Monte Carlo simulation. Our simulations show that future measurements could achieve a precision of up to 5\% for $H_0$.

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Variation in the fine-structure constant, distance-duality relation and the next generation of high-resolution spectrograph

The possibility of variation of the fundamental constants of nature has been a long-standing question, with important consequences for fundamental physics and cosmology. In particular, it has been shown that variations in the fine-structure constant, $α$, are directly related to violation of the distance duality relation (DDR), which holds true as long as photons travel on unique null geodesics and their number is conserved. In this paper we use the currently available measurements of ${Δα}/α$ to impose the most stringent constraints on departures of the DDR to date, here quantified by the parameter $η$. We also perform a forecast analysis to discuss the ability of the new generation of high-resolution spectrograph, like ESPRESSO/VLT and E-ELT-HIRES, to constrain the DDR parameter $η$. From the current data we obtain constraints on $η$ of the order of $10^{-7}$ whereas the forecasted constraints are two orders of magnitude lower. Considering the expected level of uncertainties of the upcoming measurements, we also estimate the necessary number of data points to confirm the hypotheses behind the DDR.

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