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Probing primordial non-Gaussianity with 21 cm fluctuations from minihalos

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2019-02-27 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We investigate future constraints on primordial local-type non-Gaussianity from 21 cm angular power spectrum from minihalos. We particularly focus on the trispectrum of primordial curvature perturbations which are characterized by the non-linearity parameters τNL\tau_{\rm NL} and gNLg_{\rm NL}. We show that future measurements of minihalo 21 cm angular power spectrum can probe these non-linearity parameters with an unprecedented precision of τNL30\tau_{\rm NL}\sim30 and gNL2×103g_{\rm NL}\sim2\times10^3 for Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and τNL0.6\tau_{\rm NL}\sim0.6 and gNL8×102g_{\rm NL}\sim8\times10^2 for Fast Fourier Transform Telescope (FFTT). These levels of sensitivity would give significant implications for models of the inflationary Universe and the origin of cosmic density fluctuations.

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@article{arxiv.1807.02008,
  title  = {Probing primordial non-Gaussianity with 21 cm fluctuations from minihalos},
  author = {Toyokazu Sekiguchi and Tomo Takahashi and Hiroyuki Tashiro and Shuichiro Yokoyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.02008},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables