In the realm of the Hubble tension—a review of solutions

E Di Valentino, O Mena, S Pan, L Visinelli… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The simplest ΛCDM model provides a good fit to a large span of cosmological data but
harbors large areas of phenomenology and ignorance. With the improvement of the number …

Modified gravity theories on a nutshell: Inflation, bounce and late-time evolution

S Nojiri, SD Odintsov, VK Oikonomou - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
We systematically review some standard issues and also the latest developments of
modified gravity in cosmology, emphasizing on inflation, bouncing cosmology and late-time …

Improved Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves using Planck, WMAP, and BICEP/Keck Observations through the 2018 Observing Season

PAR Ade, Z Ahmed, M Amiri, D Barkats, RB Thakur… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2, Keck Array, and
BICEP3 CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2018 observing season. We …

Planck 2018 results-I. Overview and the cosmological legacy of Planck

N Aghanim, Y Akrami, F Arroja, M Ashdown… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
The European Space Agency's Planck satellite, which was dedicated to studying the early
Universe and its subsequent evolution, was launched on 14 May 2009. It scanned the …

Primordial gravitational waves from NANOGrav: A broken power-law approach

M Benetti, LL Graef, S Vagnozzi - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We revisit the possibility that the stochastic common-spectrum process recently detected by
the NANOGrav pulsar timing array experiment could be due to primordial gravitational …

Planck 2018 results-X. Constraints on inflation

Y Akrami, F Arroja, M Ashdown, J Aumont… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
We report on the implications for cosmic inflation of the 2018 release of the Planck cosmic
microwave background (CMB) anisotropy measurements. The results are fully consistent …

Planck 2018 results-VI. Cosmological parameters

N Aghanim, Y Akrami, M Ashdown, J Aumont… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
We present cosmological parameter results from the final full-mission Planck measurements
of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies, combining information from the …

On the cosmological implications of the string swampland

P Agrawal, G Obied, PJ Steinhardt, C Vafa - Physics Letters B, 2018 - Elsevier
We study constraints imposed by two proposed string Swampland criteria on cosmology.
These criteria involve an upper bound on the range traversed by scalar fields as well as a …

CMB-S4 science case, reference design, and project plan

K Abazajian, G Addison, P Adshead, Z Ahmed… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
CMB-S4 Science Case, Reference Design, and Project Plan Page 1 CMB-S4 Science Case,
Reference Design, and Project Plan CMB-S4 Collaboration July 9, 2019 arXiv:1907.04473v1 …

Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves Using , WMAP, and New BICEP2/ Observations through the 2015 Season

PAR Ade, Z Ahmed, RW Aikin, KD Alexander… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the bicep2/Keck CMB polarization
experiments up to and including the 2015 observing season. This includes the first Keck …