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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

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

We introduce a non-perturbative method to constrain the amplitude of local-type primordial non-Gaussianity ($f_{\rm NL}$) using squeezed configurations of the CMB lensing convergence and cosmic shear bispectra. First, we use cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-20 Samuel Goldstein , Oliver H. E. Philcox , J. Colin Hill , Angelo Esposito , Lam Hui

The primordial non-Gaussianity of local type affects the clustering of dark matter halos, and the planned deep and wide photometric surveys are suitable for examining this class of non-Gaussianity. In our previous paper, we investigated the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Yoshitaka Takeuchi , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Takahiko Matsubara

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 investigate optimization strategies to measure primordial non-Gaussianity with future spectroscopic surveys. We forecast measurements coming from the 3D galaxy power spectrum and compute constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-26 Alvise Raccanelli , Olivier Dore , Neal Dalal

Cross-correlating cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing and galaxy clustering has been shown to greatly improve the constraints on the local primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) parameter $f_{\rm NL}$ by reducing sample variance and also…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-23 Yucheng Zhang , Anthony R. Pullen , Abhishek S. Maniyar

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

The next generation of CMB experiments should get a better handle on cosmological parameters by mapping the weak lensing deflection field, which is separable from primary anisotropies thanks to the non-Gaussianity induced by lensing.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Julien Lesgourgues , Michele Liguori , Sabino Matarrese , Antonio Riotto

A convincing detection of primordial non-Gaussianity in the local form of the bispectrum, whose amplitude is given by the fNL parameter, offers a powerful test of inflation. In this paper we calculate the modification of two-point…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Donghui Jeong , Eiichiro Komatsu , Bhuvnesh Jain

We study the constraining power on primordial non-Gaussianity of future surveys of the large-scale structure of the Universe for both near-term surveys (such as the Dark Energy Survey - DES) as well as longer term projects such as Euclid…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-25 Tommaso Giannantonio , Cristiano Porciani , Julien Carron , Adam Amara , Annalisa Pillepich

We present forecast results for constraining the primordial non-Gaussianity from photometric surveys through a large-scale enhancement of the galaxy clustering amplitude. In photometric surveys, the distribution of observed galaxies at high…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Toshiya Namikawa , Tomohiro Okamura , Atsushi Taruya

Extensions to the $\Lambda\textrm{CDM}$ model prior to recombination can modify the growth of perturbations around radiation-matter equality, leaving a distinct signature in the matter power spectrum. Upcoming large-scale structure surveys…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-09 Raphaël Kou , Antony Lewis

The lensing convergence field describing the weak lensing effect of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation is expected to be subject to mild deviations from Gaussianity. We perform a suite of full-sky lensing simulations using ray…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-18 Jan Hamann , Yuqi Kang

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 Planck CMB experiment has delivered the best constraints so far on primordial non-Gaussianity, ruling out early-Universe models of inflation that generate large non-Gaussianity. Although small improvements in the CMB constraints are…

We present new constraints on the local-type primordial non-Gaussianity parameter, $f_\mathrm{NL}^\mathrm{local}$, through analysis of the scale-dependent bias effect on the cosmic infrared background (CIB). To avoid biases from galactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-06 Joseph Thornton , Fiona McCarthy , Carmen Embil Villagra , Blake D. Sherwin

We use statistical inference theory to explore the constraints from future galaxy weak lensing (cosmic shear) surveys combined with the current CMB constraints on cosmological parameters, focusing particularly on the running of the spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mustapha Ishak , Christopher M. Hirata , Patrick McDonald , Uros Seljak

Local non-Gaussianities in the initial conditions of the Universe, parameterized by $f_{\rm NL}$, induce a scale-dependence in the large-scale bias of halos in the late Universe. This effect is a promising path to constrain multi-field…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-04 Fiona McCarthy , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Abhishek S. Maniyar

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
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