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  "abstract": "We investigate a dark-energy equation of state governed by a damped harmonic oscillator equation, admitting underdamped, critically damped, and overdamped solutions. Confronting the model with Planck CMB distance priors, DESI BAO, BBN, cosmic chronometers, and three Type~Ia supernova compilations, we find that the data select an underdamped solution yielding $H_0 = 70.9 \\pm 1.1$ km/s/Mpc with DES-Dovekie and $H_0 = 72.0^{+1.4}_{-2.1}$ km/s/Mpc with Union3, without any local $H_0$ prior. These higher values of $H_0$ arise along the $Ω_{\\rm m}$--$H_0$ degeneracy direction while the sound horizon remains nearly unchanged at $r_{\\rm d} \\simeq 145$~Mpc, indicating that the enhancement of the late-time expansion rate is a geometrical effect that does not address the early-time calibration of $r_{\\rm d}$. In contrast, the Pantheon+ compilation selects a near-critically damped solution with a prior-limited positive $w_0$ and $H_0 = 66.23 \\pm 0.85$ km/s/Mpc, highlighting the sensitivity of the model to the low-redshift distance information encoded in the different supernova compilations. The Bayesian evidence relative to $Λ$CDM is inconclusive for the DES-Dovekie and Union3 combinations, whereas Pantheon+ shows a strong preference for the damped-oscillator model, driven by the departure from $w=-1$ at $z\\lesssim0.1$.",
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      "name": "Saddam Hussain"
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    {
      "name": "Simran Arora"
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    {
      "name": "Qiang Wu"
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    {
      "name": "Tao Zhu"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/4mqq098wztzq8.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2606.17550",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.17550",
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  "published": "2026-09-24",
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  "title": "Does DESI prefer Damped Oscillating Dark Energy over Cosmological constant?",
  "title_text": "Does DESI prefer Damped Oscillating Dark Energy over Cosmological constant?",
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  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/4mqq098wztzq8",
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