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6 claims from 3 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

   Planck 2018 results

   Aghanim, Akrami, Ashdown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2020

   Final full-mission Planck cosmic microwave background data, with temperature, polarization and lensing, are used to measure cosmological parameters, finding good consistency with the standard six-parameter ΛCDM model.

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   1. UncheckedPlanck's combined analysis gives dark matter and baryon densities, spectral index and optical depth, each with stated 68% uncertainties, in base ΛCDM.“A combined analysis gives dark matter density Ω c h 2 = 0.120 ± 0.001, baryon density Ω b h 2 = 0.0224 ± 0.0001, scalar spectral index n s = 0.965 ± 0.004, and optical depth τ = 0.054 ± 0.007 (in this abstract we quote 68% confidence regions on measured parameters and 95% on upper limits).”
   2. UncheckedPlanck with BAO data gives N_eff = 2.99 ± 0.17, matching the Standard Model's 3.046, and limits the summed neutrino mass to below 0.12 eV.“Combining with baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements (and considering single-parameter extensions) we constrain the effective extra relativistic degrees of freedom to be N eff = 2.99 ± 0.17, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction N eff = 3.046, and find that the neutrino mass is t…”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

   Detection of the Baryon Acoustic Peak in the Large‐Scale Correlation Function of SDSS Luminous Red Galaxies

   Eisenstein, Zehavi, Hogg et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005

   Using 46,748 luminous red galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the authors measure large-scale galaxy clustering and report a baryon acoustic peak that they use to constrain cosmological parameters.

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   1. UncheckedA clear bump in galaxy clustering at about 100 h^-1 Mpc separation matches the predicted size and position of the early-universe sound-wave imprint.“We find a well-detected peak in the correlation function at 100h^{-1} Mpc separation that is an excellent match to the predicted shape and location of the imprint of the recombination-epoch acoustic oscillations on the low-redshift clustering of matter.”
   2. UncheckedThe baryon acoustic peak works as a standard ruler, giving distance ratios to z=0.35 and z=1089 to 4% and the distance to z=0.35 to 5%.“The acoustic peak provides a standard ruler by which we can measure the ratio of the distances to z=0.35 and z=1089 to 4% fractional accuracy and the absolute distance to z=0.35 to 5% accuracy.”
   3. UncheckedCombining galaxy clustering with the CMB acoustic scale, the paper reports spatial curvature of -0.010 ± 0.009, assuming dark energy is a cosmological constant.“Including the CMB acoustic scale, we find that the spatial curvature is Omega_K=-0.010+-0.009 if the dark energy is a cosmological constant.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

   KiDS-Legacy: Constraints on Horndeski gravity from weak lensing combined with galaxy clustering and cosmic microwave background anisotropies

   Stölzner, Reischke, Grasso et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2026

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   1. Unchecked“We obtain the deviation of the effective Newtonian coupling from the GR value as $Δμ_{\infty,{\rm eff}}=0.066\pm0.023$, corresponding to a $2.9σ$ significance.”