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Constraining Primordial Non-Gaussianity with Post-reconstructed Galaxy Bispectrum in Redshift Space

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2021-01-13 v2

Abstract

Galaxy bispectrum is a promising probe of inflationary physics in the early universe as a measure of primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG), whereas its signal-to-noise ratio is significantly affected by the mode coupling due to non-linear gravitational growth. In this paper, we examine the standard reconstruction method of linear cosmic mass density fields from non-linear galaxy density fields to de-correlate the covariance in redshift-space galaxy bispectra. In particular, we evaluate the covariance of the bispectrum for massive-galaxy-sized dark matter halos with reconstruction by using 4000 independent NN-body simulations. Our results show that the bispectrum covariance for the post-reconstructed field approaches the Gaussian prediction at scale of k<0.2hMpc1k<0.2\, h\, {\rm Mpc}^{-1}. We also verify the leading-order PNG-induced bispectrum is not affected by details of the reconstruction with perturbative theory. We then demonstrate the constraining power of the post-reconstructed bispectrum for PNG at redshift of 0.5\sim0.5. Further, we perform a Fisher analysis to make a forecast of PNG constraints by galaxy bispectra including anisotropic signals. Assuming a massive galaxy sample in the SDSS Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, we find that the post-reconstructed bispectrum can constrain the local-, equilateral- and orthogonal-types of PNG with ΔfNL\Delta f_{\rm NL} \sim13, 90 and 42, respectively, improving the constraints with the pre-reconstructed bispectrum by a factor of 1.33.21.3-3.2. In conclusion, the reconstruction plays an essential role in constraining various types of PNG signatures with a level of ΔfNL<1\Delta f_{\rm NL}<1 from the galaxy bispectrum based on upcoming galaxy surveys.

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@article{arxiv.2010.04567,
  title  = {Constraining Primordial Non-Gaussianity with Post-reconstructed Galaxy Bispectrum in Redshift Space},
  author = {Masato Shirasaki and Naonori S. Sugiyama and Ryuichi Takahashi and Francisco-Shu Kitaura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.04567},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D

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