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Table 1.

Baseline and optional late-time parameters, primordial power spectrum parameters, and slow-roll parameters.

Parameter Definition
ωb ≡ Ωbh2......... Baryon density today
ωc ≡ Ωch2......... Cold dark matter density today
θMC......... Approximation to the angular size of sound horizon at last scattering
τ......... Optical depth to reionization

Neff......... Effective number of neutrino species
Σmν......... Sum of neutrino masses
ΩK......... Spatial curvature parameter
w0......... Dark energy equation of state parameter

As......... Scalar power spectrum amplitude
ns......... Scalar spectral index
dns/dlnk......... Running of scalar spectral index
d2ns/dlnk2......... Running of running of scalar spectral index
r......... Tensor-to-scalar power ratio
nt......... Tensor spectral index

......... First Hubble slow-roll parameter
......... (n + 1)st Hubble slow-roll parameter (n ≥ 1)
......... First potential slow-roll parameter, where ϕ ≡ d/dϕ
............... Second potential slow-roll parameter
............ Third potential slow-roll parameter
......... Fourth potential slow-roll parameter

Notes. All primordial quantities are evaluated at a pivot scale of k* = 0.05 Mpc−1, unless otherwise stated.

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