Large-scale structure, the cosmic microwave background, and primordial non-gaussianity

Abstract

Since cosmic-microwave-background (CMB) and large-scale-structure (LSS) data will shortly improve dramatically with the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) and Planck Surveyor, and the Anglo-Australian 2-Degree Field (2dF) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), respectively, it is timely to ask which of the CMB or LSS will provide a better probe of primordial non-gaussianity. In this paper we consider this question, using the bispectrum as a discriminating statistic. We consider several non-gaussian models and find that in each case the CMB will provide a better probe of primordial non-gaussianity. Since the bispectrum is the lowest-order statistic expected to arise in a generic non-gaussian model, our results suggest that if CMB maps appear gaussian, then apparent deviations from gaussian initial conditions in galaxy surveys can be attributed with confidence to the effects of biasing. We demonstrate this precisely for the spatial bispectrum induced by local non-linear biasing.

6 pages, 2 figures, submitted as a letter to MNRAS

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