New constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity from large-scale cross-correlations of CMB lensing and the cosmic infrared background

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Autori principali: Thornton, Joseph, McCarthy, Fiona, Villagra, Carmen Embil, Sherwin, Blake D.
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author Thornton, Joseph
McCarthy, Fiona
Villagra, Carmen Embil
Sherwin, Blake D.
author_facet Thornton, Joseph
McCarthy, Fiona
Villagra, Carmen Embil
Sherwin, Blake D.
contents We present new constraints on the local-type primordial non-Gaussianity parameter, $f_\mathrm{NL}^\mathrm{local}$, through analysis of the scale-dependent bias effect on the cosmic infrared background (CIB). To avoid biases from galactic dust contamination on large scales, we use cross-correlations between the CIB and Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing maps to constrain non-Gaussianity. Our measurement employs new dust-cleaned CIB maps that have been designed to be unbiased on large scales, which allows us to improve our constraining power on $f_\mathrm{NL}^\mathrm{local}$ by a factor of $\sim 2$ over previous CIB analyses. We derive a constraint of $f_\mathrm{NL}^\mathrm{local}=43 \pm 23$, matching the precision of the tightest existing constraints from cross-correlation methods. Consistency- and null-tests demonstrate that our results are robust to modeling assumptions and residual dust contamination.
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spellingShingle New constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity from large-scale cross-correlations of CMB lensing and the cosmic infrared background
Thornton, Joseph
McCarthy, Fiona
Villagra, Carmen Embil
Sherwin, Blake D.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We present new constraints on the local-type primordial non-Gaussianity parameter, $f_\mathrm{NL}^\mathrm{local}$, through analysis of the scale-dependent bias effect on the cosmic infrared background (CIB). To avoid biases from galactic dust contamination on large scales, we use cross-correlations between the CIB and Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing maps to constrain non-Gaussianity. Our measurement employs new dust-cleaned CIB maps that have been designed to be unbiased on large scales, which allows us to improve our constraining power on $f_\mathrm{NL}^\mathrm{local}$ by a factor of $\sim 2$ over previous CIB analyses. We derive a constraint of $f_\mathrm{NL}^\mathrm{local}=43 \pm 23$, matching the precision of the tightest existing constraints from cross-correlation methods. Consistency- and null-tests demonstrate that our results are robust to modeling assumptions and residual dust contamination.
title New constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity from large-scale cross-correlations of CMB lensing and the cosmic infrared background
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.03783