English
Related papers

Related papers: Constraining the initial conditions of the Univers…

200 papers

We revisit a possible scale-dependence of local-type primordial non-Gaussianities induced by super-horizon evolution of scalar field perturbations. We develop the formulation based on $\delta N$ formalism and derive the generalized form of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Daisuke Yamauchi , Shuichiro Yokoyama , Tomo Takahashi

Primordial non-Gaussianity of local type is known to produce a scale-dependent contribution to the galaxy bias. Several classes of multi-field inflationary models predict non-Gaussian bias which is stochastic, in the sense that dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-05 Simone Ferraro , Kendrick M. Smith

We investigate how well future large-scale radio surveys could measure different shapes of primordial non-Gaussianity; in particular we focus on angle-dependent non-Gaussianity arising from primordial anisotropic sources, whose bispectrum…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-22 Alvise Raccanelli , Maresuke Shiraishi , Nicola Bartolo , Daniele Bertacca , Michele Liguori , Sabino Matarrese , Ray P. Norris , David Parkinson

We use redshift-space galaxy clustering data from the BOSS survey to constrain local primordial non-Gaussianity (LPNG). This is of particular importance due to the consistency relations, which imply that a detection of LPNG would rule out…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 Giovanni Cabass , Mikhail M. Ivanov , Oliver H. E. Philcox , Marko Simonović , Matias Zaldarriaga

We forecast constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity achievable from forthcoming surveys by exploiting the scale-dependent halo bias introduced on large scales by non-Gaussian initial conditions. We explore the performance of exploiting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-26 Carmelita Carbone , Licia Verde , Sabino Matarrese

The scale-dependent bias of galaxy density contrasts is an important signal to be extracted in constraining local primordial non-Gaussianity ($f_{\rm NL}^{\text{local}}$) from observations of large-scale structure. Constraints so obtained…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-17 Charuhas Shiveshwarkar , Thejs Brinckmann , Marilena Loverde , Matthew McQuinn

The simplest models of inflation predict small non-gaussianities and a featureless power spectrum. However, there exist a large number of well-motivated theoretical scenarios in which large non-gaussianties could be generated. In general,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-11 Stefano Gariazzo , Laura Lopez-Honorez , Olga Mena

In this letter we present constraints on the scale-dependent "local" type primordial non-Gaussianity, which is described by non-Gaussianity's spectral index $n_{\rm NG}$, from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey and the quasar catalog of the Sloan…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Ji-Ping Dai , Jun-Qing Xia

We study the scale-dependence of halo bias in generic (non-local) primordial non-Gaussian (PNG) initial conditions of the type motivated by inflation, parametrized by an arbitrary quadratic kernel. We first show how to generate non-local…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Roman Scoccimarro , Lam Hui , Marc Manera , K. C. Chan

The detection of primordial non-Gaussianity could provide a powerful means to test various inflationary scenarios. Although scale-invariant non-Gaussianity (often described by the $f_{NL}$ formalism) is currently best constrained by the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Marilena LoVerde , Amber Miller , Sarah Shandera , Licia Verde

We calculate the scale dependence of the bispectrum and trispectrum in (quasi) local models of non-Gaussian primordial density perturbations, and characterize this scale dependence in terms of new observable parameters. They can help to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-12 Christian T. Byrnes , Mischa Gerstenlauer , Sami Nurmi , Gianmassimo Tasinato , David Wands

We present an analysis of the constraints on the amplitude of primordial non-Gaussianity of local type described by the dimensionless parameter $f_{\rm NL}$. These constraints are set by the auto-correlation functions (ACFs) of two large…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-11 Jun-Qing Xia , Anna Bonaldi , Carlo Baccigalupi , Gianfranco De Zotti , Sabino Matarrese , Licia Verde , Matteo Viel

The primordial non-Gaussian parameter fNL has been shown to be scale-dependent in several models of inflation with a variable speed of sound. Starting from a simple ansatz for a scale-dependent amplitude of the primordial curvature…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-06 Emiliano Sefusatti , Michele Liguori , Amit P. S. Yadav , Mark G. Jackson , Enrico Pajer

In this paper we measure the angular power spectra $C_\ell$ of three high-redshift large-scale structure probes: the radio sources from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS), the quasar catalogue of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Release Six (SDSS DR6…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Jun-Qing Xia , Carlo Baccigalupi , Sabino Matarrese , Licia Verde , Matteo Viel

Recent work has shown that the local non-Gaussianity parameter f_NL induces a scale-dependent bias, whose amplitude is growing with scale. Here we first rederive this result within the context of peak-background split formalism and show…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Anze Slosar , Christopher Hirata , Uros Seljak , Shirley Ho , Nikhil Padmanabhan

The fluctuations produced during cosmic inflation may exhibit non-Gaussian characteristics that are imprinted in the large-scale structure of the Universe. This non-Gaussian imprint is an ultra-large scale signal that can be detected using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 Mponeng Kopana , Sheean Jolicoeur , Roy Maartens

We consider whether the non-Gaussian scale-dependent halo bias can be used not only to constrain the local form of non-Gaussianity but also to distinguish among different shapes. In particular, we ask whether it can constrain the behavior…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jorge Noreña , Licia Verde , Gabriela Barenboim , Cristian Bosch

Primordial non-Gaussianities (PNGs) are imprints in the initial density field sourced by the dynamics of inflation. These dynamics can induce scale dependence, oscillations, and other features in the primordial bispectrum. We analyze a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 Dhayaa Anbajagane , Hayden Lee

The scale-dependent galaxy bias generated by primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) can be used to detect and constrain deviations from standard single-field inflation. The strongest signal is expected in the local model for PNG, where the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-29 Nina Roth , Cristiano Porciani

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
‹ Prev 1 2 3 10 Next ›