Slides from the talk - CP3-Origins
Slides from the talk - CP3-Origins
Slides from the talk - CP3-Origins
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The CMB Bispectrum<br />
The Bispectrum of <strong>the</strong> CMB is <strong>the</strong> most<br />
direct probe of <strong>the</strong> initial bispectrum<br />
B l1 l 2 l 3<br />
<br />
∼<br />
B Φ (k 1 ,k 2 ,k 3 )∆ l1 (k 1 )∆ l2 (k 2 )∆ l3 (k 3 )j l1 (k 1 r)j l2 (k 2 r)j l3 (k 3 r)<br />
CMB angular<br />
bispectrum<br />
curvature<br />
bispectrum<br />
transfer<br />
functions<br />
• The CMB provides a snapshot of density perturbations at early times<br />
• Power spectrum measurements (Clʼs) are matched by linear predictions (so far)<br />
• The CMB bispectrum is an optimal estimator for <strong>the</strong> fNL parameter<br />
No evidence (yet)!<br />
(despite 2-sigma “hints” in<br />
previous data releases ...)<br />
WMAP 7 years:<br />
Local -10 < fNL < 74<br />
Equilateral -214 < fNL < 266<br />
Orthogonal -410 < fNL < 6<br />
@ 95% CL Komatsu et al. (2011)<br />
The CMB bispectrum is equally sensitive to any model of non-Gaussianity