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We study the impact that uncertainties on assumed relations between galaxy bias parameters have on constraints of the local PNG $f_{\rm NL}$ parameter. We focus on the relation between the linear density galaxy bias $b_1$ and local PNG bias…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-13 Alexandre Barreira

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

The dark matter halos that host galaxies and clusters form out of initial high-density patches, providing a biased tracer of the linear matter density field. In the simplest local bias approximation, the halo field is treated as a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-15 Titouan Lazeyras , Marcello Musso , Vincent Desjacques

We analyse the large-scale clustering of the Luminous Red Galaxy (LRG) and Quasar (QSO) sample from the first data release (DR1) of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). In particular, we constrain the primordial non-Gaussianity…

The parameter $f_{\textrm{NL}}$ measures the local non-Gaussianity in the primordial energy fluctuations of the Universe, with any deviation from $f_{\textrm{NL}}=0$ providing key constraints on inflationary models. Galaxy clustering is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-06 Lucia A. Perez , Shy Genel , Elisabeth Krause , Rachel S. Somerville

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 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

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 derive robust constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) using the clustering of 800,000 photometric quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in the redshift range $0.5<z<3.5$. These measurements rely on the novel technique of {\it…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-11 Boris Leistedt , Hiranya V. Peiris , Nina Roth

We use $N$-body simulations to study halo assembly bias (i.e., the dependence of halo clustering on properties beyond total mass) in the density and primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) linear bias parameters $b_1$ and $b_\phi$, respectively.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-20 Titouan Lazeyras , Alexandre Barreira , Fabian Schmidt , Vincent Desjacques

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)…

The analysis of the large-scale clustering of quasars (QSO) observed by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) represents a promising avenue for constraining local Primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG), parameterized by $f_{\rm NL}$.…

We study primordial non-Gaussian signatures in the redshift-space halo field on non-linear scales, using a quasi-maximum likelihood estimator based on optimally compressed power spectrum and modal bispectrum statistics. We train and…

Constraining primordial non-Gaussianity via its scale-dependent imprint on galaxy clustering requires knowledge of the bias parameter $b_{\phi}$, which is exactly degenerate with $f^{\rm{loc}}_{\rm{NL}}$ at leading order. To break this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-24 Anne Moore , Lucia A. Perez , Elisabeth Krause

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 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

We study the large-scale bias parameter of cosmic voids with primordial non-Gaussian (PNG) initial conditions of the local type. In this scenario, the dark matter halo bias exhibits a characteristic scale dependence on large scales, which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-03 Kwan Chuen Chan , Nico Hamaus , Matteo Biagetti

Fluctuations with wavelengths larger than the volume of a galaxy survey affect the measurement of the galaxy power spectrum within the survey itself. In the presence of local Primordial Non- Gaussianities (PNG), in addition to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 Emanuele Castorina , Azadeh Moradinezhad Dizgah

Constraining primordial non-Gaussianities (PNGs) in the large-scale cosmic structure (LSS) is an important step in understanding properties of the early universe, specifically in distinguishing between different inflationary models.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 Ethan Vislosky , Zachery Brown , Regina Demina , Edmond Chaussidon

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