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Joint CMB and Weak Lensing Analysis; Physically Motivated Constraints on Cosmological Parameters

We use Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations together with the Red-sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) weak lensing results to derive constraints on a range of cosmological parameters. This particular choice of observations is motivated…

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Cross-correlation of Planck CMB Lensing and CFHTLenS Galaxy Weak Lensing Maps

We cross-correlate cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing and galaxy weak lensing maps using the Planck 2013 and 2015 data and the 154 deg^2 Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS). This measurement probes large-scale…

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Cosmic dipole tensions: confronting the cosmic microwave background with infrared and radio populations of cosmological sources

The cosmic dipole measured in surveys of cosmologically distant sources is generally found to be in disagreement with the kinematic expectation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). This discrepancy represents severe tension with the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-04 Mali Land-Strykowski , Geraint F. Lewis , Tara Murphy

Testing CMB Anomalies in E-mode Polarization with Current and Future Data

In this paper, we explore the power of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization (E-mode) data to corroborate four potential anomalies in CMB temperature data: the lack of large angular-scale correlations, the alignment of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 Rui Shi , Tobias A. Marriage , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , David T. Chuss , Joseph Cleary , Joseph Eimer , Sumit Dahal , Rahul Datta , Francisco Espinoza , Yunyang Li , Nathan J. Miller , Carolina Núñez , Ivan L. Padilla , Matthew A. Petroff , Deniz A. N. Valle , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

Evidence for a Lower Value for $H_0$ from Cosmic Chronometers Data?

An intriguing discrepancy emerging in the concordance model of cosmology is the tension between the locally measured value of the Hubble rate, and the 'global' value inferred from the cosmic microwave background (CMB). This could be due to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Vinicius C. Busti , Chris Clarkson , Marina Seikel

Evidence for Line-of-Sight Frequency Decorrelation of Polarized Dust Emission in $Planck$ Data

If a single line of sight (LOS) intercepts multiple dust clouds of different spectral energy distributions and magnetic field orientations, the frequency scaling of each of the Stokes $Q$ and $U$ parameters of thermal dust emission may be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-10 V. Pelgrims , S. E. Clark , B. S. Hensley , G. V. Panopoulou , V. Pavlidou , K. Tassis , H. K. Eriksen , I. K. Wehus

Planck and the local Universe: quantifying the tension

We use the latest Planck constraints, and in particular constraints on the derived parameters (Hubble constant and age of the Universe) for the local universe and compare them with local measurements of the same quantities. We propose a way…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-01 Licia Verde , Pavlos Protopapas , Raul Jimenez

H0LiCOW XIII. A 2.4% measurement of $H_{0}$ from lensed quasars: $5.3\sigma$ tension between early and late-Universe probes

We present a measurement of the Hubble constant ($H_{0}$) and other cosmological parameters from a joint analysis of six gravitationally lensed quasars with measured time delays. All lenses except the first are analyzed blindly with respect…

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Planck 2018 results. IX. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity

We analyse the Planck full-mission cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and E-mode polarization maps to obtain constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (NG). We compare estimates obtained from separable template-fitting, binned,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Planck Collaboration , Y. Akrami , F. Arroja , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , B. Casaponsa , A. Challinor , H. C. Chiang , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , E. Di Valentino , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , Y. Fantaye , J. Fergusson , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Hamann , W. Handley , F. K. Hansen , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , G. Jung , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , F. Levrier , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , M. López-Caniego , Y. -Z. Ma , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Marcos-Caballero , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , P. D. Meerburg , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , M. Münchmeyer , P. Natoli , F. Oppizzi , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , G. Patanchon , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , G. Polenta , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , B. Racine , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , G. Rocha , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , E. P. S. Shellard , M. Shiraishi , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , K. Smith , L. D. Spencer , L. Stanco , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Planck intermediate results. XLVI. Reduction of large-scale systematic effects in HFI polarization maps and estimation of the reionization optical depth

This paper describes the identification, modelling, and removal of previously unexplained systematic effects in the polarization data of the Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) on large angular scales, including new mapmaking and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Planck Collaboration , N. Aghanim , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , R. Battye , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , J. Carron , A. Challinor , H. C. Chiang , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. Comis , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , E. Di Valentino , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , Y. Fantaye , F. Finelli , F. Forastieri , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , T. Ghosh , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , S. Ilic , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , L. Knox , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , M. Langer , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , J. P. Leahy , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. López-Caniego , Y. -Z. Ma , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , S. Mottet , P. Naselsky , P. Natoli , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , G. Patanchon , L. Patrizii , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , S. Plaszczynski , L. Polastri , G. Polenta , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , B. Racine , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , G. Rocha , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Sandri , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , G. Sirri , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , M. Tenti , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , F. Van Tent , L. Vibert , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , B. D. Wandelt , R. Watson , I. K. Wehus , M. White , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Planck 2018 results. VIII. Gravitational lensing

We present measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing potential using the final $\textit{Planck}$ 2018 temperature and polarization data. We increase the significance of the detection of lensing in the polarization maps…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-16 Planck Collaboration , N. Aghanim , Y. Akrami , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , J. Carron , A. Challinor , H. C. Chiang , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , P. de Bernardis , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , E. Di Valentino , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , Y. Fantaye , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Forastieri , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , T. Ghosh , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Hamann , W. Handley , F. K. Hansen , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , A. Karakci , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , L. Knox , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , F. Levrier , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , Y. -Z. Ma , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , A. Marcos-Caballero , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , P. Natoli , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , G. Patanchon , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , L. Polastri , G. Polenta , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Sandri , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , C. Sirignano , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , M. White , S. D. M. White , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Testing consistency of $\Omega_b h^2$ in the Planck data

We find that the cosmic microwave background temperature and polarization power spectra measurements from Planck constrain the parameter $\Omega_bh^2$ mostly through: A) the amplitude of Thomson scattering and B) a factor that ensures…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 Pavel Motloch

Investigating The Hubble Tension Through Hubble Parameter Data

The Hubble constant ($H_0$), which represents the expansion rate of the Universe, is one of the most important cosmological parameters. The recent measurements of $H_0$ using the distance ladder methods such as Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Rahul Kumar Thakur , Shashikant Gupta , Rahul Nigam , PK Thiruvikraman

Reionization and the Hubble Constant: Correlations in the Cosmic Microwave Background

Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found early galaxies producing photons from more efficient ionization than previously assumed. This may suggest a reionization process with a larger reionization optical depth, $\tau_{\rm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-28 Itamar J. Allali , Praniti Singh , JiJi Fan , Lingfeng Li

Planck 2013 results. XXXI. Consistency of the Planck data

The Planck design and scanning strategy provide many levels of redundancy that can be exploited to provide tests of internal consistency. One of the most important is the comparison of the 70GHz and 100GHz channels. Based on different…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-17 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Arnaud , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Levy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , C. Burigana , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , R. Christensen , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Desert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Dore , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , T. A. Ensslin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , J. Gonzalez-Nuevo , K. M. Gorski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versille , C. D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihanen , R. Keskitalo , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lahteenmaki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. Leon-Tavares , J. Lesgourgues , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Lilley , M. Linden-Vornle , M. Lopez-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macias-Perez , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschenes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , D. Pearson , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubino-Martin , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Scott , V. Stolyarov , R. Sudiwala , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , S. D. M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Statistical Inconsistencies in the KiDS-450 Dataset

The Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) has been used in several recent papers to infer constraints on the amplitude of the matter power spectrum and matter density at low redshift. Some of these analyses have claimed tension with the Planck $\Lambda…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 George Efstathiou , Pablo Lemos

The Impact of Intrinsic Alignments: Cosmological Constraints from a Joint Analysis of Cosmic Shear and Galaxy Survey Data

Constraints on cosmology from recent cosmic shear observations are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their treatment of potential systematic effects. Here we present cosmological constraints which include modelling of intrinsic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Donnacha Kirk , Sarah Bridle , Michael Schneider

Assessing Consistency Between WMAP 9-year and Planck 2015 Temperature Power Spectra

We perform a comparison of WMAP 9-year (WMAP9) and Planck 2015 cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature power spectra across multipoles $30\leq\ell\leq1200$. We generate simulations to estimate the correlation between the two datasets…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-01 Yajing Huang , Graeme E. Addison , Janet L. Weiland , Charles L. Bennett

Constraint on inflation model from BICEP2 and WMAP 9-year data

Even though Planck data released in 2013 (P13) is not compatible with Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (B2) and some local cosmological observations, including Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) samples and $H_0$ prior…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-03 Cheng Cheng , Qing-Guo Huang

BeyondPlanck XII. Cosmological parameter constraints with end-to-end error propagation

We present cosmological parameter constraints as estimated using the Bayesian BeyondPlanck (BP) analysis framework. This method supports seamless end-to-end error propagation from raw time-ordered data to final cosmological parameters. As a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-17 S. Paradiso , L. P. L. Colombo , K. J. Andersen , R. Aurlien , R. Banerji , A. Basyrov , M. Bersanelli , S. Bertocco , M. Brilenkov , M. Carbone , H. K. Eriksen , J. R. Eskilt , M. K. Foss , C. Franceschet , U. Fuskeland , S. Galeotta , M. Galloway , S. Gerakakis , E. Gjerløw , B. Hensley , D. Herman , M. Iacobellis , M. Ieronymaki , H. T. Ihle , J. B. Jewell , A. Karakci , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , G. Maggio , D. Maino , M. Maris , B. Partridge , M. Reinecke , M. San , A. -S. Suur-Uski , T. L. Svalheim , D. Tavagnacco , H. Thommesen , D. J. Watts , I. K. Wehus , A. Zacchei