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Scale-Dependent Non-Gaussianity as a Generalization of the Local Model

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2011-01-18 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We generalize the local model of primordial non-Gaussianity by promoting the parameter fNL to a general scale-dependent function fNL(k). We calculate the resulting bispectrum and the effect on the bias of dark matter halos, and thus the extent to which fNL(k) can be measured from the large-scale structure observations. By calculating the principal components of fNL(k), we identify scales where this form of non-Gaussianity is best constrained and estimate the overlap with previously studied local and equilateral non-Gaussian models.

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@article{arxiv.1009.4189,
  title  = {Scale-Dependent Non-Gaussianity as a Generalization of the Local Model},
  author = {Adam Becker and Dragan Huterer and Kenji Kadota},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.4189},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Accepted to JCAP. 22 pages, 4 figures