PPC 2025: XVIII International Conference on Interconnections between Particle Physics and Cosmology

Plenary: CMB Tensions (From an ACT Perspective)

Jun 24, 2025, 9:00 AM

30m

Roosevelt Room I (SpringHill Suites Conference Center Deadwood)

PPC Presentations

Speaker

Neelima Sehgal (Stony Brook University)

Description

Author and Presenter: Neelima Sehgal
Abstract: I will discuss recent CMB results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and recent joint CMB lensing results from ACT, the South Pole Telescope, and Planck. I will also put these results in context with recent BAO results from DESI DR2, and discuss potential outstanding tensions. Finally, I will discuss the landscape of upcoming and future CMB experiments.

Presentation materials

CMB Tensions - Sehgal - PPC2025.pdf