Observational search for primordial chirality violations using galaxy angular momenta

Abstract

We search for evidence of primordial chirality violation in the galaxy data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey by comparing how strongly directions of galaxy angular momenta correlate with left and right helical components of a spin vector field constructed from the initial density perturbations. Within uncertainties, galaxy spins correlate with these two helical components identically, which is consistent with Universe without primordial chirality violation. Given current data, it is not yet possible to rule out maximal chiral violation, although the case of vanishing correlation with the right helical component is ruled out at about 3.8$\sigma$.

arXiv comment6 pages, accepted version

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