On the non-Gaussianity from Recombination
arXiv:0811.4584 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2009/03/017
Abstract
The non-linear effects operating at the recombination epoch generate a non-Gaussian signal in the CMB anisotropies. Such a contribution is relevant because it represents a major part of the second-order radiation transfer function which must be determined in order to have a complete control of both the primordial and non-primordial part of non-Gaussianity in the CMB anisotropies. We provide an estimate of the level of non-Gaussianity in the CMB arising from the recombination epoch which shows up mainly in the equilateral configuration. We find that it causes a contamination to the possible measurement of the equilateral primordial bispectrum shifting the minimum detectable value of the non-Gaussian parameter f^equil_NL by Delta f^equil_NL= O(10) for an experiment like Planck.
LaTeX file; 11 pages. v2: Typos corrected; references added; comments about the effective non-linearity parameter added in Sec. IV; comments added in the conclusions of Sec. IV. v3: References added; some clarifications added as footnotes 4 and 6, and in Sec. 3. Matches version accepted for publication in JCAP
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