Slides from the talk - CP3-Origins

Non-Gaussianity in the Large-Scale Structure
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Cosmological parameters and
constraints on the initial
conditions are typically obtained
from power spectrum
measurements
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-Gaussianity in the Large-Scale Structure
the power spectrum
cannot distinguish the
two distributions!
edshift surveys, information on cosmological parameters and the initial
ditions is typically obtained from measurements of the power spectrum
δ k δ k ≡δ D ( k + k )P(k) where δ k FT ↔ δ(x) ≡
ρ(x) − ¯ρ
¯ρ
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ES & Scoccimarro (2005)