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With the lensing parameter fixed at 1, the w0waCDM model shows about 2σ evidence for dynamical dark energy, possibly partly from excess smoothing in Planck data.
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What the paper says, word for word
“For the $w_0w_a$CDM parameterization with $A_L=1$ the evidence in favor of DE dynamics is larger, $\sim 2σ$, suggesting that at least part of the evidence for DE dynamics comes from the excess smoothing of the Planck CMB anisotropy data.”
From Park et al. (2025), arXiv 2410.13627. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 11 Oct 2026.
w0waCDM parameterization:
A model in which dark energy's equation of state changes with redshift as w(z) = w0 + wa z/(1+z), rather than staying constant.
A_L:
A CMB lensing consistency parameter; A_L=1 is the standard prediction, and values above 1 mean more smoothing of the CMB anisotropy peaks than predicted.
CMB anisotropy:
Tiny temperature variations across the sky in the cosmic microwave background, the oldest light in the universe.
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The paper
Is the w0waCDM cosmological parameterization evidence for dark energy dynamics partially caused by the excess smoothing of Planck CMB anisotropy data?
Chan‐Gyung Park, Javier de Cruz Pérez and Bharat Ratra
International Journal of Modern Physics D · published 2025 · arXiv 2410.13627
The authors test a dynamical dark energy model against Planck CMB and non-CMB data, with and without a free CMB lensing parameter A_L, and compare how much evidence for changing dark energy each case gives.
The paper's details are OpenAlex's; the citation count is OpenAlex's, 11 Oct 2026. The line on the paper is machine-written, as noted under Why it matters.
Why it matters
Dark energy is the unknown cause of the universe's accelerating expansion, and a cosmological constant would not change over time. The claim concerns how much of the apparent evidence that dark energy evolves depends on Planck's CMB maps looking smoother than the standard model predicts, which A_L is meant to capture. If part of the signal comes from that smoothing, then interpreting it as evolving dark energy would need more care.
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The story so far
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What the authors did
They fitted the spatially flat w0waCDM model, with and without a varying A_L, to Planck 2018 CMB and lensing data combined with non-CMB data: BAO (excluding DESI), Pantheon+ supernovae, H(z) and growth-factor measurements.
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What they found
With A_L free, the joint data favour dynamical dark energy over a cosmological constant at about 1σ and A_L>1 at about 2σ.
With A_L=1, the preference for dark energy dynamics rises to about 2σ.
With A_L=1 the tension between Planck and non-CMB constraints is 2.8σ (P18) and 2.7σ (P18+lensing); letting A_L vary reduces these to 1.9σ and 2.1σ.
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"For the $w_0w_a$CDM parameterization with $A_L=1$ the evidence in favor of DE dynamics is larger, $\sim 2σ$, suggesting that at least part of the evidence for DE dynamics comes from the excess smoothing of the Planck CMB anisotropy data."
(Park et al., International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2025)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): With the lensing parameter fixed at 1, the w0waCDM model shows about 2σ evidence for dynamical dark energy, possibly partly from excess smoothing in Planck data.
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What would prove it wrong
Refuted if the 68% credible interval for w_a in the w_0w_aCDM model with A_L fixed to 1 does not exclude zero at ≥2σ significance, and the Bayesian evidence difference ΔlnZ between this model and flat ΛCDM is ≤0.5 compared to the case where A_L is allowed to vary.
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General, by construction: “spatially-flat dynamical dark energy (DE) w0waCDM parameterisation, with redshift-dependent DE fluid equation of state parameter w(z)=w0+wa z/(1+z), with A_L=1”.
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Chan‐Gyung Park, Javier de Cruz Pérez and Bharat Ratra (2025), Is the w0waCDM cosmological parameterization evidence for dark energy dynamics partially caused by the excess smoothing of Planck CMB anisotropy data?, International Journal of Modern Physics D. Ecdysis, claim ext:63baf20c339ba823. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:63baf20c339ba823
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