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Consistently constraining $f_{\rm NL}$ with the squeezed lensing bispectrum using consistency relations

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2023-10-20 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We introduce a non-perturbative method to constrain the amplitude of local-type primordial non-Gaussianity (fNLf_{\rm NL}) using squeezed configurations of the CMB lensing convergence and cosmic shear bispectra. First, we use cosmological consistency relations to derive a model for the squeezed limit of angular auto- and cross-bispectra of lensing convergence fields in the presence of fNLf_{\rm NL}. Using this model, we perform a Fisher forecast with specifications expected for upcoming CMB lensing measurements from the Simons Observatory and CMB-S4, as well as cosmic shear measurements from a Rubin LSST/Euclid-like experiment. Assuming a minimum multipole min=10\ell_{\rm min}=10 and maximum multipole max=1400\ell_{\rm max}=1400, we forecast σfNL=175\sigma_{f_{\rm NL}}=175 (9595) for Simons Observatory (CMB-S4). Our forecasts improve considerably for an LSST/Euclid-like cosmic shear experiment with three tomographic bins and min=10\ell_{\rm min}=10 and max=1400\ell_{\rm max}=1400 (50005000) with σfNL=31\sigma_{f_{\rm NL}}=31 (1616). A joint analysis of CMB-S4 lensing and LSST/Euclid-like shear yields little gain over the shear-only forecasts; however, we show that a joint analysis could be useful if the CMB lensing convergence can be reliably reconstructed at larger angular scales than the shear field. The method presented in this work is a novel and robust technique to constrain local primordial non-Gaussianity from upcoming large-scale structure surveys that is completely independent of the galaxy field (and therefore any nuisance parameters such as bϕb_\phi), thus complementing existing techniques to constrain fNLf_{\rm NL} using the scale-dependent halo bias.

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@article{arxiv.2310.12959,
  title  = {Consistently constraining $f_{\rm NL}$ with the squeezed lensing bispectrum using consistency relations},
  author = {Samuel Goldstein and Oliver H. E. Philcox and J. Colin Hill and Angelo Esposito and Lam Hui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.12959},
  year   = {2023}
}

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14 pages, 5 figures, comments welcome!

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