# IDM 2018

Jul 22 – 27, 2018
MacMillian
US/Eastern timezone

## Generalised dark matter and diminishing the low CMB multipole tension

Jul 24, 2018, 2:20 PM
20m
Kassar-Foxboro

Talk Theory

### Speaker

Ms Tanvi Karwal (Johns Hopkins University)

### Description

Generalized dark matter (GDM) is a powerful framework capable of emulating the effects of a wide variety of dark matter and dark energy models. In this talk, I will discuss the GDM framework and show how it can reduce the moderate tension in the low CMB TT multipoles. The standard $\Lambda$CDM model predicts more power in the low TT multipoles than observed by Planck. This tension can be alleviated by altering the late ISW effect through a modification of the recent expansion history of the Universe, achieved here by varying the dark matter equation of state.
I will show that GDM suppresses power in low CMB multipoles, with minimal impact on a number of other cosmological observables. If dark matter exhibits such exotic behavior, our understanding of cosmic expansion history and of the nature of dark matter are far from complete.

I am also submitting an abstract to the track Theory.

### Primary author

Ms Tanvi Karwal (Johns Hopkins University)

### Co-authors

Dr Tristan Smith (Swarthmore College) Dr Tarun Souradeep (IUCAA)