The Aeon Before Ours · claim CCC-C510 · Observation rung · The Hawking-points claim

Stacking Planck 2018 SMICA E-mode maps on the temperature-selected Hawking points (|â| > 2) shows no persistent polarization structure at their locations (Jow & Scott 2020).

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[p. 8], §3.2

“we also find no evidence for a corresponding signal in polarization”

Evidence

Context· weakCCC-E051

Jow & Scott 2020 §3.2: no persistent E-mode polarization structure at Hawking-point locations — part 1

what the source states: Stacking the Planck 2018 SMICA temperature and E-mode maps was performed around all HPs in the temperature map with |â| > 2, i.e., "a 2 σ significance threshold, for the scales" (r1, Δ) = (0.01, 0.02) and (0.01, 0.03).
what we infer: Negative evidence of low diagnosticity, recorded under the negative-evidence policy: the source itself notes that 'Without a precise prediction for the polarization profiles of HPs, it is not possible to search for specific features', so CCC is not tested by this null. Its value is that any future CCC polarization prediction now has a stated null to meet.
limitations: CCC makes no polarization prediction; the null constrains nothing in the theory as currently stated.
Visual assessment of stacks; no quantitative limit given.
Direction set to "context" (from "supports") by the second reader (claude-sonnet-5, 2026-09-10, run 2026-09-10-verify-ccc-192550, verify-v5) at intake: The quoted passage only describes the stacking methodology (selection threshold, scales, procedure) and does not itself state the outcome that no persistent polarization structure was found; that finding appears elsewhere in the text (the following sentences about Figure 4). As written, this record's statement is procedural background rather than evidence supporting the no-signal claim, so it should be marked as context rather than supports.

Jow, D. L. (2020)AI-verified citation

Supports· weakCCC-E052

Jow & Scott 2020 §3.2: no persistent E-mode polarization structure at Hawking-point locations — part 4

what the source states: In the E-mode stacks, "there does not appear to be any corresponding structure" at the HP locations.
what we infer: Negative evidence of low diagnosticity, recorded under the negative-evidence policy: the source itself notes that 'Without a precise prediction for the polarization profiles of HPs, it is not possible to search for specific features', so CCC is not tested by this null. Its value is that any future CCC polarization prediction now has a stated null to meet.
limitations: CCC makes no polarization prediction; the null constrains nothing in the theory as currently stated.
Visual assessment of stacks; no quantitative limit given.

Jow, D. L. (2020)AI-verified citation

Supports· weakCCC-E053

Jow & Scott 2020 §3.2: no persistent E-mode polarization structure at Hawking-point locations — part 5

what the source states: In addition to no statistically significant HP signal in the CMB temperature, there is "no evidence for a corresponding signal in polarization".
what we infer: Negative evidence of low diagnosticity, recorded under the negative-evidence policy: the source itself notes that 'Without a precise prediction for the polarization profiles of HPs, it is not possible to search for specific features', so CCC is not tested by this null. Its value is that any future CCC polarization prediction now has a stated null to meet.
limitations: CCC makes no polarization prediction; the null constrains nothing in the theory as currently stated.
Visual assessment of stacks; no quantitative limit given.

Jow, D. L. (2020)AI-verified citation

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