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CMB constraints on the early Universe independent of late-time cosmology
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a powerful probe of early-universe physics but is only observed after passing through large-scale structure, which changes the observed spectra in important model-dependent ways. This is of particular concern given recent claims of significant discrepancies with low redshift datasets when a standard ?CDM model is assumed. By using empirical measurements of the CMB lensing reconstruction, combined with weak priors on the smoothness of the lensing spectrum, foregrounds, and shape of any additional integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect, we show how the early-universe parameters can be constrained from CMB observations almost independently of the late-time evolution. This provides a way to test new models for early-universe physics, and measure early-universe parameters, independently of late-time cosmology. Using the empirical measurement of lensing keeps the size of the effect of late-time modeling uncertainty under control, leading to only modest increases in error bars of most early-universe parameters compared to assuming a full evolution model. We provide robust constraints on early-?CDM model parameters using the latest Planck PR4 data and show that with future data marginalizing over a single lensing amplitude parameter is sufficient to remove sensitivity to late-time cosmological model only if the spectral shape matches predictions.
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