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Any hint of non-gaussianity in the cosmological initial conditions will provide us with a unique window into the physics of early universe. We show that the impact of a small local primordial non-gaussianity (generated on super-horizon…

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We present measurements of the bispectrum of dark matter halos in numerical simulations with non-Gaussian initial conditions of the local type. We show, in the first place, that the overall effect of primordial non-Gaussianity on the halo…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Emiliano Sefusatti , Martin Crocce , Vincent Desjacques

Tighter constraints on measurements of primordial non-Gaussianity will allow the differentiation of inflationary scenarios. The cosmic microwave background bispectrum-the standard method of measuring the local non-Gaussianity-is limited by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-15 Zahra Gomes , Stefano Camera , Matt J. Jarvis , Catherine Hale , José Fonseca

UV luminosity functions provide a wealth of information on the physics of galaxy formation in the early Universe. Given that this probe indirectly tracks the evolution of the mass function of dark matter halos, it has the potential to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Nashwan Sabti , Julian B. Muñoz , Diego Blas

While usually cosmological initial conditions are assumed to be Gaussian, inflationary theories can predict a certain amount of primordial non-Gaussianity which can have an impact on the statistical properties of the lensing observables. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 F. Pace , L. Moscardini , M. Bartelmann , E. Branchini , K. Dolag , M. Grossi , S. Matarrese

The primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) in matter density perturbation is a very powerful probe of the physics of the very early Universe. The local PNG can induce a distinct scale-dependent bias on the large scale structure distribution of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-26 Yan Gong , Xin Wang , Zheng Zheng , Xuelei Chen

We present constraints on local primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG), parametrized through $f^{\rm loc}_{\rm NL}$, using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Data Release 14 quasar sample. We measure…

We investigate the possibility of constraining primordial non-Gaussianity using the 3D bispectrum of Ly-alpha forest. The strength of the quadratic non-Gaussian correction to an otherwise Gaussian primordial gravitational field is assumed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-19 Dhiraj Kumar Hazra , Tapomoy Guha Sarkar

Non-gaussianity in the initial conditions of the universe is one of the most powerful mechanisms to discriminate among the competing theories of the early universe. Measurements using bispectrum of cosmic microwave background anisotropies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-23 Uros Seljak

The non-Gaussianity of initial perturbations provides information on the mechanism that generated primordial density fluctuations. The expected non-Gaussianity for slow-roll inflationary models is well below the ultimate detection level…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Asantha Cooray

We derive constraints on local-type primordial non-Gaussianity using the ACT DR6 Sunyaev--Zel'dovich cluster catalog. Modeling the redshift- and mass-dependent number counts of 1,201 clusters in the 10,347~deg$^2$ Legacy region, and…

We study the effect of primordial non-Gaussianity on the development of large-scale cosmic structure using high-resolution N-body simulations. In particular, we focus on the topological properties of the "cosmic web", quantitatively…

With a radio continuum galaxy survey by the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a photometric galaxy survey by Euclid and their combination, we forecast future constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity. We focus on the potential impact of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 Daisuke Yamauchi , Keitaro Takahashi

We explore the possibility of detecting primordial non-Gaussianity of the local type using weak lensing peak counts. We measure the peak abundance in sets of simulated weak lensing maps corresponding to three models f_NL={0, +100, -100}.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-19 Laura Marian , Stefan Hilbert , Robert E. Smith , Peter Schneider , Vincent Desjacques

Galaxy cluster surveys will be a powerful probe of dark energy. At the same time, cluster abundance is sensitive to any non-Gaussianity of the primordial density field. It is therefore possible that non-Gaussian initial conditions might be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-05 Emiliano Sefusatti , Chris Vale , Kenji Kadota , Joshua Frieman

We investigate the constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity with varied bispectrum shapes that can be derived from the power spectrum of galaxies and clusters of galaxies detected in future wide field optical/near-infrared surveys. Having…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Cosimo Fedeli , Carmelita Carbone , Lauro Moscardini , Andrea Cimatti

Surveys of the matter distribution contain `fossil' information on possible non-Gaussianity that is generated in the primordial Universe. This primordial signal survives only on the largest scales where cosmic variance is strongest. By…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-10 Sheean Jolicoeur , Roy Maartens , Simthembile Dlamini

Angular redshift fluctuations (ARF) are a new cosmological observable, recently proposed in the literature. It measures the 2D angular deviations of the average redshift of a given matter tracer under an input redshift shell. Since it…

We investigate expected constraints on equilateral-type primordial non-Gaussianities from future/ongoing imaging surveys, making use of the fact that they enhance the halo/galaxy bispectrum on large scales. As model parameters to be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Ichihiko Hashimoto , Shuntaro Mizuno , Shuichiro Yokoyama