Published April 1, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Generating fNL at ℓ ∼< 60

  • 1. Consortium for Fundamental Physics, Cosmology and Astroparticle Group, Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB (United Kingdom)

Description

The CMB anisotropy at ℓ ∼< 60 seems to have some special features which include (i) a dipole modulation and (ii) a decrease in power. It is known that both of these effects can be generated if a curvaton-type field has a super-horizon perturbation. It is also known that this will generate non-gaussianity fNL in the same range of ℓ, whose magnitude has a lower bound coming from the magnitude of the observed CMB quadrupole. I revisit that bound in the present paper, and point out that it may or may not be compatible with current data which should therefore be re-analysed

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/04/039

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2015
Journal Issue
04
Journal Page Range
p. 039
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47096812
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; COSMOLOGY; DIPOLES; DISTURBANCES; MODULATION; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RELICT RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MULTIPOLES; RADIATIONS