Radiação Cósmica de Fundo e Condições Iniciais do Universo:
Uma Abordagem Observacional
Initial Conditions, Cosmic Microwave Background, Cosmological Parameters
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is one of the main tools for understanding the origin,
evolution, and composition of the Universe. This dissertation aims to analyze how different experiments
— especially Planck, ACT, and SPT — contribute to the determination of cosmological parameters, with
an emphasis on those related to the initial conditions of the Universe, such as the scalar amplitude As
and the scalar spectral index ns. We begin by discussing the theoretical foundations of the CMB and the
statistical methods used in its analysis, with a focus on Bayesian inference. We then present a detailed
comparison between the main CMB experiments, considering their instrumental differences, multipole
coverage, and analysis methodologies. We analyze the recent datasets from ACT DR6 and SPT-3G pol,
exploring how different data combinations and multipole cuts affect the parameter estimates.