Université de GenèveDépartement de Physique ThéoriqueCAP Genève

What is the distance to the CMB?

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22. September 2014
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cosmology seminar, sept 19, 2014
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I discuss how second order lensing changes the mean distance to the CMB by about 1%. Including this change in parameter estimation changes the Hubble parameter by about 5% and completely removes the tension between the Planck result and local results for H_0.

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Département de Physique Théorique
Université de Genève
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1211 Genève 4
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