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The goal of the present paper is to set initial conditions for structure formation at non-linear order, consistent with general relativity, while also allowing for primordial non-Gaussianity. We use the non-linear continuity and Raychauduri…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Marco Bruni , Juan Carlos Hidalgo , Nikolai Meures , David Wands

We describe the irrotational dust component of the universe in terms of a relativistic gradient expansion and transform the resulting synchronous metric to a Newtonian coordinate system. The two metrics are connected via a space-like…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-06 Cornelius Rampf , Gerasimos Rigopoulos

Primordial non-Gaussianities (PNGs) are features in the initial density field that provide a window into the nonlinear dynamics of particles during the inflationary epoch. Among them, a distinctive set of signatures from "cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-02 Dhayaa Anbajagane , Hayden Lee

The forthcoming Stage-IV experiments aim to map the large scale structure of the Universe at high precision. The scales explored require a relativistic description, in addition to statistical tools for their analysis. In this thesis, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-21 Rebeca Martinez-Carrillo

We apply the time-renormalization group approach to study the effect of primordial non-Gaussianities in the non-linear evolution of cosmological dark matter density perturbations. This method improves the standard perturbation approach by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Nicola Bartolo , J. P. Beltran Almeida , Sabino Matarrese , Massimo Pietroni , Antonio Riotto

High-precision constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) will significantly improve our understanding of the physics of the early universe. Among all the subtleties in using large scale structure observables to constrain PNG,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-10 E. Di Dio , H. Perrier , R. Durrer , G. Marozzi , A. Moradinezhad Dizgah , J. Noreña , A. Riotto

New generation galaxy surveys targeting constraints on local primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) demand $N$-body simulations that accurately reproduce its effects. In this work, we explore various prescriptions for the initial conditions of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 Adrian G. Adame , Santiago Avila , Violeta Gonzalez-Perez , Oliver Hahn , Gustavo Yepes , Marc Manera

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 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 N-body cosmological numerical simulations including a primordial non-Gaussianity in the density fluctuation field quantified by the non-linear parameter $f_{NL}$. We have used MPGRAFIC code to produce initial conditions and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Fraschetti , J. M. Alimi , J. Courtin , P. S. Corasaniti

Primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) is one of the most powerful probes of the early Universe and measurements of the large scale structure of the Universe have the potential to transform our understanding of this area. However relating…

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

Upcoming galaxy surveys aim to map the Universe with unprecedented precision, depth and sky coverage. The galaxy bispectrum is a prime source of information as it allows us to probe primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG), a key factor in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 Samantha Rossiter , Stefano Camera , Chris Clarkson , Roy Maartens

Primordial non-Gaussianities (PNGs) are signatures in the density field that encode particle physics processes from the inflationary epoch. Such signatures have been extensively studied using the Cosmic Microwave Background, through…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-01 Dhayaa Anbajagane , Chihway Chang , Hayden Lee , Marco Gatti

Thanks to the rapid progress in precision cosmology in the last few years, we now have access to physical observables that may constrain the theory of inflation through the non-Gaussianity (NG) signatures in the cosmic microwave background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-19 Xinghai Zhao , Yuexing Li , Sarah Shandera , Donghui Jeong

Future Large Scale Structure surveys are expected to improve over current bounds on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG), with a significant impact on our understanding of early Universe physics. The level of such improvements will however…

Local primordial non-Gaussianity (LPNG) couples long-wavelength cosmological fluctuations to the short-wavelength behavior of galaxies. This coupling is encoded in bias parameters including $b_{\phi}$ and $b_{\delta\phi}$ at linear and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-11 James M. Sullivan , Shi-Fan Chen

Upcoming galaxy redshift surveys promise to significantly improve current limits on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) through measurements of 2- and 3-point correlation functions in Fourier space. However, realizing the full potential of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-19 Azadeh Moradinezhad Dizgah , Matteo Biagetti , Emiliano Sefusatti , Vincent Desjacques , Jorge Noreña

It has recently been shown that local primordial non-Gaussianities (PNG) with significant amplitude ($|f_{\rm NL}| \sim 1000$), at small (Mpc) scales, can help in forming simulated galaxies with more disky baryonic kinematics than in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-09 Clément Stahl , Nicolas Mai , Benoit Famaey , Yohan Dubois , Rodrigo Ibata

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
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