A Hubble constant estimate from galaxy cluster and type Ia SNe observations

Abstract

Abstract In this work, we constrain the Hubble constant parameter, H 0, using a combination of the Pantheon sample and galaxy clusters (GC) measurements from minimal cosmological assumptions. Assuming the validity of the cosmic distance duality relation, an estimator is created for H 0 that only depends on simple geometrical distances, which is evaluated from Pantheon and a GC angular diameter distance sample afterward. The statistical and systematic errors in GC measurements are summed in quadrature in our analysis. We find H 0 = 67.22 ± 6.07 km s-1 Mpc-1 in 1σ confidence level (C.L.). This measurement presents an error of around 9%, showing that future and better GC measurements can shed light on the current Hubble tension.