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Constraints on Phenomenological Amplitudes of CMB Anisotropy with Multi-Datasets

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-05-05 v1

Abstract

Cosmic microwave background anisotropies encode crucial information about the early Universe and fundamental cosmological physics. Although the standard Λ\LambdaCDM model provides a successful description of cosmic evolution, persistent cosmological tensions and subtle small-scale anomalies still challenge its internal consistency. In this paper, we investigate six phenomenological amplitude parameters AnewA_{\rm{new}} (new=L, SW, Dop, eISW, lISW, Pol) corresponding to the key effects related to CMB anisotropy: the Lensing, Sachs-Wolfe, Doppler, early Integrated Sachs-Wolfe, late Integrated Sachs-Wolfe, and Polarization effects, respectively. Using modified CAMB and Cobaya packages, we constrain the Λ\LambdaCDM+Anew+A_{\rm{new}} models with two data combinations: Planck+DESI+PantheonPlus (PDP) and Planck+ACT+DESI+PantheonPlus (PADP). Only the Λ\LambdaCDM+ALA_{\rm{L}} is favored by AIC, with AL=1.06560.0303+0.0304A_{\rm{L}}=1.0656_{-0.0303}^{+0.0304} from PDP and AL=1.07950.0289+0.0260A_{\rm{L}}=1.0795_{-0.0289}^{+0.0260} from PADP, which implies 2.16σ\sigma and 3.06σ\sigma deviation from the Λ\LambdaCDM model; values of ASWA_{\rm{SW}} show 1.21σ\sigma and 1.96σ\sigma deviations to 1; AlISWA_{\rm{lISW}} is poorly constrained because the lISW effect has negligible influence at 30\ell \geq 30; and others are consistent with the Λ\LambdaCDM model. Moreover, no noticeable improvement on the Hubble and σ8\sigma_8 tensions is found within these one-parameter extended scenarios. ACT DR6 high-\ell data strengthens the Λ\LambdaCDM+AL+A_{\rm{L}} preference over the Λ\LambdaCDM model, and reduces APolA_{\rm Pol} uncertainty by more than one order of magnitude, highlighting the importance of ground-based high-\ell observations for future CMB analyses.

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@article{arxiv.2605.01946,
  title  = {Constraints on Phenomenological Amplitudes of CMB Anisotropy with Multi-Datasets},
  author = {Yang Han and Lu Chen and Guo-Hao Li and Pei-Yuan Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.01946},
  year   = {2026}
}

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15 pages, 7 figures