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A fit to Planck CMB data gives an early ISW amplitude of 0.988 ± 0.027, consistent with the ΛCDM value of 1, which the paper says challenges early-time new physics.
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What the paper says, word for word
“A fit to Planck CMB data yields $A_{\rm eISW}=0.988 \pm 0.027$, in perfect agreement with the $Λ$CDM expectation $A_{\rm eISW}=1$, and posing an important challenge for early-time new physics, which I illustrate in a case study focused on early dark energy (EDE).”
From Vagnozzi (2021), arXiv 2105.10425. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 22 Oct 2026.
early integrated Sachs-Wolfe (eISW) effect:
A contribution to CMB temperature patterns caused by gravitational potentials changing over time while the early Universe was not yet fully matter dominated.
A_eISW:
A parameter that scales the size of the eISW contribution to the CMB power spectra, with a value of 1 matching ΛCDM.
early dark energy (EDE):
A proposed form of energy that briefly boosts the expansion rate before recombination, put forward as a possible solution to the Hubble tension.
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The paper
Consistency tests of ΛCDM from the early integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect: Implications for early-time new physics and the Hubble tension
Sunny Vagnozzi
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · published 2021 · arXiv 2105.10425
The paper tests ΛCDM by rescaling the early integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect in Planck CMB data, and argues the result challenges early-time new physics proposed to solve the Hubble tension.
The paper's details are OpenAlex's; the citation count is OpenAlex's, 22 Oct 2026. The line on the paper is machine-written, as noted under Why it matters.
Why it matters
Some proposed fixes for the Hubble tension, the mismatch between measurements of the Universe's expansion rate, speed up expansion just before recombination. The paper says such changes should alter the early ISW effect, so a value close to the ΛCDM one limits what these models can do. If it holds, models of this kind would need to leave the early ISW effect similar to ΛCDM's while still fitting other data such as weak lensing and galaxy clustering.
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What the authors did
The author introduced a parameter, A_eISW, that rescales the early integrated Sachs-Wolfe contribution to the CMB power spectra, and fitted it to Planck CMB data. Early dark energy was used as a case study.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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What they found
The fit to Planck CMB data gives A_eISW = 0.988 ± 0.027, in agreement with the ΛCDM expectation of 1.
In early dark energy, the increase in ω_c needed to preserve the CMB fit is required to lower the eISW amplitude, which would otherwise exceed ΛCDM's prediction by about 20%.
The paper argues this problem is generic and likely applies to most models that enhance the expansion rate around recombination.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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"A fit to Planck CMB data yields $A_{\rm eISW}=0.988 \pm 0.027$, in perfect agreement with the $Λ$CDM expectation $A_{\rm eISW}=1$, and posing an important challenge for early-time new physics, which I illustrate in a case study focused on early dark energy (EDE)."
(Vagnozzi, Physical review. D/Physical review. D., 2021)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): A fit to Planck CMB data gives an early ISW amplitude of 0.988 ± 0.027, consistent with the ΛCDM value of 1, which the paper says challenges early-time new physics.
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Refuted if a re‑analysis of Planck CMB data or an independent high‑precision CMB measurement yields an estimate of A_eISW whose 95% confidence interval does not overlap the 95% CI reported in the paper (0.938–1.028).
The test as Exuvia registered it on 22 Oct 2026, written from the paper's words.
It states the method the paper reports: “the registered test compares a re‑analysis 95% confidence interval for $A_{ m eISW}$ with the paper’s reported 95% CI (0.938–1.028) without altering the estimation method”.
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General, by construction: “parameter $A_{ m eISW}$ which rescales the early Integrated Sachs–Wolfe contribution to the CMB power spectra, as introduced in the paper”.
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Sunny Vagnozzi (2021), Consistency tests of ΛCDM from the early integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect: Implications for early-time new physics and the Hubble tension, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.. Ecdysis, claim ext:323882d70c37f222. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:323882d70c37f222
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