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An accurate determination of the Hubble constant from baryon acoustic oscillation datasets

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Even though the Hubble constant cannot be significantly determined just by the low-redshift Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) data, it can be tightly constrained once the high-redshift BAO data are combined. We combined BAO data from 6dFGS, BOSS DR11 clustering of galaxies, WiggleZ and z = 2.34 from BOSS DR11 quasar Lyman-α forest lines to get H 0 = 68.17 +1.55-1.56 km s-1 Mpc-1. In addition, we adopted the simultaneous measurements of H(z) and D A (z) from the two-dimensional two-point correlation function from BOSS DR9 CMASS sample and two-dimensional matter power spectrum from SDSS DR7 sample to obtain H 0 = (68.11 ± 1.69) km s-1 Mpc-1. Finally, combining all of the BAO datasets, we conclude that H 0 = (68.11 ± 0.86) km s-1 Mpc-1, a 1.3% determination.

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Cheng, C., Huang, Q. An accurate determination of the Hubble constant from baryon acoustic oscillation datasets. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 58, 599801 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-015-5684-5

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