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Combining galaxy clustering information from regions of different environmental densities can help break cosmological parameter degeneracies and access non-Gaussian information from the density field that is not readily captured by the…

Local-type primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG), predicted by many non-minimal models of inflation, creates a scale-dependent contribution to the power spectrum of large-scale structure (LSS) tracers. Its amplitude is characterized by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-03 Boryana Hadzhiyska , Simone Ferraro

Two methods of constraining the properties of dark energy are weak lensing tomography and cluster counting. Uncertainties in mass calibration of clusters can be reduced by using the properties of halo clustering (the clustering of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Charles Shapiro , Scott Dodelson

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 advent of Stage IV galaxy redshift surveys such as DESI and Euclid marks the beginning of an era of precision cosmology, with one key objective being the detection of primordial non-Gaussianities (PNG), potential signatures of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-15 M. S. Cagliari , A. Bairagi , B. Wandelt

Local primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) is a promising observable of the underlying physics of inflation, characterised by $f_{\rm NL}^{\rm loc}$. We present the methodology to measure $f_{\rm NL}^{\rm loc}$ from the Dark Energy Survey (DES)…

We show that the ability to probe primordial non-Gaussianity with cluster counts is drastically improved by adding the excess variance of counts which contains information on the clustering. The conflicting dependences of changing the mass…

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We compare the efficiency of weak lensing-selected galaxy clusters counts and of the weak lensing bispectrum at capturing non-Gaussian features in the dark matter distribution. We use the halo model to compute the weak lensing power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Joel Berge , Adam Amara , Alexandre Refregier

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

The redshift dependence of the abundance of galaxy clusters is very sensitive to the statistical properties of primordial density perturbations. It can thus be used to probe small deviations from Gaussian initial conditions. Such deviations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 A. M. M. Trindade , P. P. Avelino , P. T. P. Viana

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

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 forecast constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) and bias parameters from measurements of galaxy power spectrum and bispectrum in future radio continuum and optical surveys. In the galaxy bispectrum, we consider a comprehensive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-04 Dionysios Karagiannis , Andrei Lazanu , Michele Liguori , Alvise Raccanelli , Nicola Bartolo , Licia Verde

One of the main signatures of primordial non-Gaussianity of the local type is a scale-dependent correction to the bias of large-scale structure tracers such as galaxies or clusters, whose amplitude depends on the bias of the tracers itself.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-11 Nico Hamaus , Uros Seljak , Vincent Desjacques

The scale-dependent bias in halo and galaxy power spectra is a key signature of local primordial non-Gaussianity (local PNG), with PNG sensitivity scaling as $b_\phi/b_1$ -- the ratio of their responses to long-wavelength primordial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-23 Nhat-Minh Nguyen , Kazuyuki Akitsu , Atsushi Taruya

Galaxy bispectrum is a promising probe of inflationary physics in the early universe as a measure of primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG), whereas its signal-to-noise ratio is significantly affected by the mode coupling due to non-linear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Masato Shirasaki , Naonori S. Sugiyama , Ryuichi Takahashi , Francisco-Shu Kitaura

The statistics of large-scale structure in the Universe can be used to probe non-Gaussianity of the primordial density field, complementary to existing constraints from the cosmic microwave background. In particular, the scale dependence of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Gianmassimo Tasinato , Matteo Tellarini , Ashley J. Ross , David Wands

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 form of the primordial power spectrum (PPS) of cosmological scalar (matter density) perturbations is not yet constrained satisfactorily in spite of the tremendous amount of information from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-21 Benjamin L'Huillier , Arman Shafieloo , Dhiraj Kumar Hazra , George F. Smoot , Alexei A. Starobinsky