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New constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity from missing two-loop contributions of scalar induced gravitational waves

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2023-11-10 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We analyze the energy density spectrum of \acp{SIGW} using the NANOGrav 15-year data set, thereby constraining the primordial non-Gaussian parameter fNLf_{\mathrm{NL}}. For the first time, we calculate the seventeen missing two-loop diagrams proportional to fNLAζ3f_{\mathrm{NL}}A_{\zeta}^3 that correspond to the two-point correlation function hkλ,(3)hkλ,(2)\langle h^{\lambda,(3)}_{\mathbf{k}} h^{\lambda',(2)}_{\mathbf{k}'} \rangle for local-type primordial non-Gaussianity. The total energy density spectrum of \acp{SIGW} can be significantly suppressed by these two-loop diagrams. If \acp{SIGW} dominate the \acp{SGWB} observed in \ac{PTA} experiments, the parameter interval fNL[5,1]f_{\mathrm{NL}}\in [-5,-1] is notably excluded based on NANOGrav 15-year data set. After taking into account abundance of \acp{PBH} and the convergence of the cosmological perturbation expansion, we find that the only possible parameter range for fNLf_{\mathrm{NL}} might be 1fNL<0-1\le f_{\mathrm{NL}}< 0.

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@article{arxiv.2311.05102,
  title  = {New constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity from missing two-loop contributions of scalar induced gravitational waves},
  author = {Zhe Chang and Yu-Ting Kuang and Di Wu and Jing-Zhi Zhou and Qing-Hua Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.05102},
  year   = {2023}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures