Non-Gaussian halo bias and future galaxy surveys

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2008-06-11

arxiv.org/abs/0806.1950v2

Astrophys.J.684:L1-L4,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5pages, 1 Table, typos corrected

Scientific paper

10.1086/592020

We forecast constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity achievable from forthcoming surveys by exploiting the scale-dependent halo bias introduced on large scales by non-Gaussian initial conditions. We explore the performance of exploiting both the shape of the galaxy power-spectrum on large scales and the cross-correlation of galaxies with Cosmic Microwave Background maps through the Integrated Sachs Wolfe effect. We find that future surveys can detect primordial non-Gaussianity of the local form with a non-Gaussianity parameter $|f_{\rm NL}|$ of order unity. This is particularly exciting because, while the simplest single-field slow-roll models of inflation predict a primordial $|f_{\rm NL}|\ll 1$, this signal sources extra contributions to the effective $f_{\rm NL}$ of large-scale structures that are expected to be above our predicted detection threshold.

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