Doubly Logarithmic Corrections to Radiation Domination from CET : Theory and Planck/BBN Constraints

Abstract

We present the CET Omega framework, a causal-informational extension of standard cosmology that predicts a universal doubly logarithmic correction to the radiation energy density in the early Universe. This correction arises naturally from scale-invariant spectral sectors with logarithmically-running infrared scales and represents a low-energy manifestation of the full CET Omega theory. We derive the doubly logarithmic form from two complementary perspectives -- spectral integration and renormalization group flow -- and perform a full Markov Chain Monte Carlo analysis jointly varying six LambdaCDM parameters and alphalog, using Planck 2018 TT, TE, EE + lowE likelihoods and BBN constraints. The result, alphalog = -0.008 +/- 0.006 (68\% C.L.), is consistent with zero. We identify the expected Neff degeneracies with H0 and ns, establish the first observational bound |alphalog| <= 0.006, and demonstrate that future CMB-S4 measurements can probe |alphalog| ~ 10-3.

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