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Detecting and measuring a non-Gaussian signature of primordial origin in the density field is a major science goal of next-generation galaxy surveys. The signal will permit us to determine primordial physics processes and constrain models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 Adam Andrews , Jens Jasche , Guilhem Lavaux , Fabian Schmidt

We forecast combined future constraints from the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure on the models of primordial non-Gaussianity. We study the generalized local model of non-Gaussianity, where the parameter f_NL is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Adam Becker , Dragan Huterer , Kenji Kadota

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

We apply the multi-tracer technique to test the possibility of improved constraints on the amplitude of local primordial non-Gaussianity, $f_{\mathrm{NL}}$, in the cosmic large-scale structure. A precise measurement of $f_{\mathrm{NL}}$ is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-28 Matilde Barberi Squarotti , Stefano Camera , Roy Maartens

We apply a new method to measure primordial non-Gaussianity, using the cross-correlation between galaxy surveys and the CMB lensing signal to measure galaxy bias on very large scales, where local-type primordial non-Gaussianity predicts a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-06 Tommaso Giannantonio , Will J. Percival

When constraining the primordial non-Gaussianity parameter f_NL with cosmic microwave background anisotropy maps, the bias resulting from the covariance between primordial non-Gaussianity and secondary non-Gaussianities to the estimator of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Paolo Serra , Asantha Cooray

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

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

We present forecasts for constraints on deviations from Gaussian distribution of primordial density perturbations from future X-ray surveys of galaxy clusters. Our analysis is based on computing the Fisher-Matrix for number counts and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 B. Sartoris , S. Borgani , C. Fedeli , S. Matarrese , L. Moscardini , P. Rosati , J. Weller

We present the strongest robust constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) from currently available galaxy surveys, combining large-scale clustering measurements and their cross-correlations with the cosmic microwave background. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-22 Tommaso Giannantonio , Ashley J. Ross , Will J. Percival , Robert Crittenden , David Bacher , Martin Kilbinger , Robert Nichol , Jochen Weller

Galaxy clustering data from current and upcoming large scale structure surveys can provide strong constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity through the scale-dependent halo bias. To fully exploit the information from galaxy surveys, optimal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-05 Eva-Maria Mueller , Will J. Percival , Rossana Ruggeri

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

In the pursuit of primordial non-Gaussianities, we hope to access smaller scales across larger comoving volumes. At low redshift, the search for primordial non-Gaussianities is hindered by gravitational collapse, to which we often associate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 Thomas Flöss , Matteo Biagetti , P. Daniel Meerburg

Recent studies have shown that the primordial non-Gaussianity affects clustering of dark matter halos through a scale-dependent bias and various constraints on the non-Gaussianity through this scale-dependent bias have been placed. Here we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-02 Yoshitaka Takeuchi , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Takahiko Matsubara

We constrain the primordial non-Gaussianity parameter of the local model f_{NL} using the skewness power spectrum associated with the two-to-one cumulant correlator of cosmic microwave background temperature anisotropies. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-22 Joseph Smidt , Alexandre Amblard , Paolo Serra , Asantha Cooray

Next-generation galaxy and 21cm intensity mapping surveys will rely on a combination of the power spectrum and bispectrum for high-precision measurements of primordial non-Gaussianity. In turn, these measurements will allow us to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-08 Roy Maartens , Sheean Jolicoeur , Obinna Umeh , Eline M. De Weerd , Chris Clarkson

A major goal of ongoing and future cosmological surveys of the large-scale structure is to measure local type primordial non-Gaussianity in the galaxy power spectrum through the scale-dependent bias. General relativistic effects have been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-05 Chris Addis , Sêcloka L. Guedezounme , Jessie Hammond , Chris Clarkson , Federico Montano , Stefano Camera , Sheean Jolicoeur , Roy Maartens

We use cosmological N-body simulations to investigate whether measurements of the moments of large-scale structure can yield constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity. We measure the variance, skewness, and kurtosis of the evolved density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-24 Qingqing Mao , Andreas A. Berlind , Cameron K. McBride , Robert J. Scherrer , Roman Scoccimarro , Marc Manera

We propose a method to probe higher-order correlators of the primordial density field through the inhomogeneity of local non-Gaussian parameters, such as f_NL, measured within smaller patches of the sky. Correlators between n-point…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-28 Christian T. Byrnes , Sami Nurmi , Gianmassimo Tasinato , David Wands