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Dr. Smethurst presented the latest findings from the DESI collaboration, highlighting that their measurement of the Hubble constant aligns well with the Lambda-CDM model based on Planck data. However, this does not resolve the ongoing Hubble tension, as numerous late-time measurements still yield inconsistent values. A significant outcome from DESI is the indication that the sum of the three neutrino masses is lower than the minimum derived from neutrino oscillation data. The discussion emphasizes the need to reconcile various credible measurements of the Hubble constant to address the discrepancies. The pursuit of resolving these tensions continues to challenge researchers in the field.
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The more notable finding from DESI, in my humble opinion, is that it favors a sum of the three neutrino masses which is less than the minimum value of that quantity derived from neutrino oscillation data. See Nathaniel Craig, Daniel Green, Joel Meyers, Surjeet Rajendran, "No νs is Good News" arXiv:2405.00836 (May 1, 2024).

A DESI Hubble Constant value consistent with the Planck CMB based estimate doesn't solve the Hubble tension because there are still plenty of late time measurements of the Hubble constant with values inconsistent with that lower CMB based value. Adding one more measurement to the mix doesn't resolve the fact that we have different values from what are each credible ways to do the measurement. We need to figure out how to reconcile all of the credible measurements of the Hubble constant to resolve the tension. See my previous discussion of this issue here.
 
And T2K + NoVA see the opposite with respect to the hierarchy.

You can drive yourself crazy chasing one and two sigma tensions. Excited theorists just add entropy - you can't get a paper that says "wait and see" published.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recombination_(cosmology) Was a matter density right after the decoupling low enough to consider the vacuum as the actual vacuum, and not the medium through which the light propagates with the speed lower than ##({\epsilon_0\mu_0})^{-1/2}##? I'm asking this in context of the calculation of the observable universe radius, where the time integral of the inverse of the scale factor is multiplied by the constant speed of light ##c##.
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