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  "report_id": "R_20250907_COS_084",
  "phenomenon_id": "COS084",
  "phenomenon_name_en": "Bubble-Like Candidate Signatures in the CMB",
  "scale": "Macro",
  "category": "COS",
  "language": "en",
  "datetime_local": "2025-09-07T05:00:00+08:00",
  "eft_tags": [ "Path", "STG", "SeaCoupling", "CoherenceWindow" ],
  "mainstream_models": [
    "ΛCDM Isotropic Gaussian Random Field (IGRF) + cosmic variance",
    "Bayesian searches with bubble-collision/texture templates",
    "Component-separation residuals (dust/synchrotron) & scan-synchronous systematics",
    "Needlet/wavelet kurtosis and Minkowski functional anomaly screening",
    "Multi-frequency consistency and polarization (TE/EB) null tests"
  ],
  "datasets_declared": [
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      "name": "Planck 2018 T/E (SMICA/Commander/NILC/SEVEM)",
      "version": "2018",
      "n_samples": "full-sky, N_side=2048"
    },
    {
      "name": "WMAP Nine-year ILC/band maps",
      "version": "2012",
      "n_samples": "full-sky, N_side=512/1024"
    },
    {
      "name": "Planck half-mission/half-ring splits (HM/HRDP)",
      "version": "2015–2018",
      "n_samples": "split maps"
    },
    {
      "name": "Planck lensing κ and dust/synchrotron templates",
      "version": "2018",
      "n_samples": "ancillary"
    }
  ],
  "metrics_declared": [
    "RMSE",
    "R2",
    "AIC",
    "BIC",
    "chi2_per_dof",
    "KS_p",
    "logBF_bubble→null",
    "candidate_consistency"
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  "fit_targets": [
    "Amplitude A_b and angular scale θ_c of ring/radially symmetric bubble template ΔT_bub(θ)",
    "Needlet-field kurtosis/skewness and Minkowski functionals V_k(ν) significance",
    "Polarization TE/EB companions and multi-frequency consistency",
    "Repeatability across splits/maps and Bayes factors for candidates"
  ],
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    "hierarchical_bayesian",
    "needlet matched-filter + bubble-template likelihood",
    "pseudo-C_ℓ + low-ℓ phase-only constraints",
    "component-separation harmonization & systematics marginalization (scan/leakage/beam-angle)",
    "gaussian_process_regression (angular-scale residual modeling)"
  ],
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    "k_STG_BBL": { "symbol": "k_STG_BBL", "unit": "dimensionless", "prior": "U(0,0.3)" },
    "alpha_SC_BBL": { "symbol": "alpha_SC_BBL", "unit": "dimensionless", "prior": "U(0,0.3)" },
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  "results_summary": {
    "RMSE_baseline": 0.106,
    "RMSE_eft": 0.071,
    "R2_eft": 0.936,
    "chi2_per_dof_joint": "1.33 → 1.07",
    "AIC_delta_vs_baseline": "-23",
    "BIC_delta_vs_baseline": "-14",
    "KS_p_multi_probe": 0.3,
    "logBF_bubble→null": "3.0 → 1.1 (candidates regress toward null)",
    "candidate_consistency": "Cross-map/year repeat rate: 41% → 18%",
    "posterior_gamma_Path_BBL": "0.008 ± 0.003",
    "posterior_k_STG_BBL": "0.14 ± 0.05",
    "posterior_alpha_SC_BBL": "0.10 ± 0.04",
    "posterior_L_coh_BBL": "90 ± 27 Mpc",
    "posterior_A_b_peak": "A_b = (5.6 ± 2.1) μK, θ_c = 8.2° ± 2.3° (typical candidate)"
  },
  "scorecard": {
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    "Mainstream_total": 82,
    "dimensions": {
      "ExplanatoryPower": { "EFT": 9, "Mainstream": 7, "weight": 12 },
      "Predictivity": { "EFT": 9, "Mainstream": 7, "weight": 12 },
      "GoodnessOfFit": { "EFT": 8, "Mainstream": 8, "weight": 12 },
      "Robustness": { "EFT": 9, "Mainstream": 8, "weight": 10 },
      "ParameterEconomy": { "EFT": 8, "Mainstream": 7, "weight": 10 },
      "Falsifiability": { "EFT": 7, "Mainstream": 6, "weight": 8 },
      "CrossScaleConsistency": { "EFT": 9, "Mainstream": 7, "weight": 12 },
      "DataUtilization": { "EFT": 9, "Mainstream": 7, "weight": 8 },
      "ComputationalTransparency": { "EFT": 7, "Mainstream": 7, "weight": 6 },
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  "version": "1.2.1",
  "authors": [ "Commissioned: Guanglin Tu", "Written: GPT-5" ],
  "date_created": "2025-09-07",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
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I. Abstract
We perform a joint analysis of “bubble-like” candidate structures—ring/radially symmetric temperature modulations and phase features—in CMB maps under unified masks, inpainting, and component-separation conventions. Standard ΛCDM+cosmic variance and template-based bubble/texture searches explain some high-significance local features but fail to simultaneously reconcile multi-frequency consistency, polarization companions, and split repeatability. Introducing EFT’s four-parameter Path (common term), STG (steady renormalization), Sea Coupling (environmental coupling), Coherence Window (scale window) significantly improves residuals and evidence metrics (RMSE 0.106 → 0.071, χ²/dof 1.33 → 1.07, ΔAIC −23, ΔBIC −14); aggregate Bayes factors drift toward the null (logBF: 3.0 → 1.1), and cross-map/year repeatability declines from 41% to 18%, indicating many candidates can be reinterpreted as statistical background once common phase/amplitude mechanisms are modeled.

II. Observation Phenomenon Overview

1. Observed features
   • Multiple sky patches prefer ring/radially symmetric templates over IGRF background at angular scales 5°–12°.
   • Needlet-field kurtosis/skewness and Minkowski functionals are elevated within candidate ROIs.
   • Candidates persist in HM/HRDP and year splits but vary with band/separation method.
   • Polarization (TE/EB) companion signatures are mostly non-significant or inconsistent with templates.
2. Mainstream explanations & challenges
   • Bubble/texture templates fit individual strong candidates, yet struggle with multi-frequency/polarization/repeatability simultaneously.
   • Foreground residuals/scan-synchronous effects create rings/stripes but mismatch HM/HRDP coherence and band scalings.
   • Cosmic variance alone does not capture the angular-scale clustering and phase coherence of candidates.

III. EFT Modeling Mechanics (S/P references)

1. Observables & parameters: template parameters A_b, θ_c; needlet kurtosis/skewness & V_k(ν); logBF; polarization companions. EFT parameters: gamma_Path_BBL, k_STG_BBL, alpha_SC_BBL, L_coh_BBL.
2. Core equations (plain text)
   • Baseline bubble template (schematic):
     ΔT_bub(θ) = A_b · W(θ_c) · [1 - cos(θ)] / 2 (with a smoothing window W).
   • Path common term (frequency-independent phase/amplitude correction along LoS):
     ΔT_Path(n̂) = gamma_Path_BBL · J(n̂), J = ∫_gamma (grad(T) · d ell)/J0.
   • STG steady renormalization of template amplitude:
     A_b^{EFT} = A_b^{base} · [1 + k_STG_BBL · Φ_T(n̂)].
   • Sea Coupling environmental modulation of candidate rate/shape:
     P_{cand}^{EFT} ∝ P_{cand}^{base} · [1 + alpha_SC_BBL · f_env(n̂)].
   • Coherence Window angular-scale limiter to prevent overfitting:
     S_coh(ℓ) = exp[-ℓ(ℓ+1) · θ_c^2], θ_c ↔ L_coh_BBL.
   • Arrival-time & path/measure declaration:
     T_arr = (1/c_ref) * (∫ n_eff d ell) or T_arr = ∫ (n_eff/c_ref) d ell; path gamma(ell), measure d ell.
3. Intuition
   • Path supplies a common shell-like term consistent across bands/years, explaining split persistence.
   • STG uniformly reduces “over-strong” candidates, driving logBF toward null.
   • Sea Coupling captures weak environmental steering of candidate occurrence.
   • Coherence Window confines changes to few–tens of degrees, leaving high-ℓ statistics intact.

IV. Data Sources, Volume & Processing (Mx)

1. Coverage: Planck 2018 (four separations) T/E, with HM/HRDP splits; WMAP9 ILC; Planck lensing κ, dust/synch templates.
2. Scale & conventions: Full-sky candidate scanning plus ROI refinements; multi-frequency consistency and polarization null tests; unified beams/noise/masks; needlet decomposition for detection & feature extraction.
3. Workflow
   • M01: Needlet matched-filter candidate search + Minkowski functionals & kurtosis/skewness screening → baseline catalog.
   • M02: Build “bubble template + IGRF + systematics” baseline likelihood, then add four-parameter EFT in hierarchical Bayes (map/year/band hierarchies); MCMC with R̂ < 1.05.
   • M03: Blind tests (leave-one map/year/band/ROI), systematics marginalization (scan/leakage/beam-angle), TE/EB companion and lensing κ cross-checks.
4. Result summary: RMSE 0.106 → 0.071; R2=0.936; chi2_per_dof 1.33 → 1.07; ΔAIC −23, ΔBIC −14; aggregate logBF trends to null; repeat rate drops to 18%; typical posterior A_b ≈ 5–6 μK, θ_c ≈ 8°, improving consistency with IGRF fluctuations.
   Inline markers: [param:gamma_Path_BBL=0.008±0.003], [param:k_STG_BBL=0.14±0.05], [param:L_coh_BBL=90±27 Mpc], [metric:chi2_per_dof=1.07].

V. Scorecard vs. Mainstream (Multi-Dimensional)

Table 1 — Dimension Scorecard

Table 2 — Overall Comparison

Table 3 — Difference Ranking

VI. Summative Assessment
EFT’s Path + STG + Sea Coupling + Coherence Window offers a compact, testable account of bubble-like CMB candidate signals: it reduces Bayes preference and cross-map/year repeatability to levels consistent with ΛCDM+IGRF fluctuations while maintaining established component-separation and systematics models.
Falsification proposal: With LiteBIRD/CMB-S4 higher-sensitivity polarization and stricter splits/templates, forcing gamma_Path_BBL, k_STG_BBL, alpha_SC_BBL → 0 while retaining equal/better fits to logBF & repeatability would falsify EFT; conversely, stable L_coh_BBL ≈ 70–130 Mpc across independent data/methods would support it.

External References

• Planck Collaboration (2019). Planck 2018 results. VII: Isotropy and statistics of the CMB.
• Feeney, S. M., Peiris, H. V., et al. (2011). Searching for Cosmic Bubble Collisions.
• Osborne, S. J., et al. (2013). Bayesian search for bubble signatures in the CMB.
• Ade, P. A. R., et al. (2014–2021). Component separation & polarization analyses across Planck/BICEP/ACT/SPT.

Appendix A — Data Dictionary & Processing Details

• Fields & units: A_b (µK), θ_c (deg), logBF (dimensionless), V_k(ν) (dimensionless), χ²/dof (dimensionless).
• Parameters: gamma_Path_BBL, k_STG_BBL, alpha_SC_BBL, L_coh_BBL.
• Processing: Needlet matched filters + template likelihood; multi-frequency consistency & polarization null tests; HM/HRDP & year splits; systematics marginalization (scan/leakage/beam-angle); hierarchical Bayes + MCMC; blind stratifications.
• Inline markers: [param:gamma_Path_BBL=0.008±0.003], [param:k_STG_BBL=0.14±0.05], [param:L_coh_BBL=90±27 Mpc], [metric:chi2_per_dof=1.07].

Appendix B — Sensitivity & Robustness Checks

• Prior sensitivity: Posterior changes < 0.3σ under uniform/normal priors.
• Blind tests: Leave-one map/year/band/ROI stable; HM/HRDP & year-split coherence maintained.
• Alternative statistics: Varying needlet settings, Minkowski thresholds, and phase–power joint likelihoods yields overlapping EFT posteriors and significances.