Impact of Secondary non-Gaussianities on the Search for Primordial Non-Gaussianity with CMB Maps

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dc.creatorSerra, Paolo
dc.creatorCooray, Asantha
dc.date2008-01-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:39:57Z
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dc.descriptionWhen constraining the primordial non-Gaussianity parameter f_NL with cosmic microwave background anisotropy maps, the bias resulting from the covariance between primordial non-Gaussianity and secondary non-Gaussianities to the estimator of f_NL is generally assumed to be negligible. We show that this assumption may not hold when attempting to measure the primordial non-Gaussianity out to angular scales below a few tens arcminutes with an experiment like Planck, especially if the primordial non-Gaussianity parameter is around the minimum detectability level with f_NL between 5 and 10. In future, it will be necessary to jointly estimate the combined primordial and secondary contributions to the CMB bispectrum and establish f_NL by properly accounting for the confusion from secondary non-Gaussianities.
dc.description4 pages; submitted as a PRD Brief Report
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3276
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3276
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D77:107305,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.107305
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/200107
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleImpact of Secondary non-Gaussianities on the Search for Primordial Non-Gaussianity with CMB Maps
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