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February 5, 20260 citations

Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity from

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GJGabriel JungMCM CitranBTBartjan van Tent

Key Points

  • The aim is to analyze primordial non-Gaussianity using the latest cosmic microwave background data from Planck.
  • Conducted bispectrum analysis of Planck PR4 data for temperature and E-polarization.
  • Utilized binned bispectrum estimator and integrated bispectrum estimator.
  • Tested various primordial and secondary bispectrum shapes for analysis.
  • Final results show fNLlocal = −0.1 ± 5.0, fNLequil = 6 ± 46, fNLortho = −8 ± 21.
  • Results yielded smaller error bars compared to previous Planck release PR3, up to 12% smaller for orthogonal.
  • Detected lensing and point source bispectra consistent with earlier findings.

Abstract

We performed the first bispectrum analysis of the final Planck release temperature and E-polarization cosmic microwave background data, called PR4. We used the binned bispectrum estimator pipeline that was also used for the previous Planck releases as well as the integrated bispectrum estimator. We tested the standard primordial (local, equilateral, and orthogonal) and secondary (lensing, unclustered point sources, and cosmic infrared background) bispectrum shapes. The final primordial results of the full T + E analysis are fNLlocal = −0.1 ± 5.0, fNLequil = 6 ± 46, and fNLortho = −8 ± 21. These results are consistent with previous Planck releases, but have slightly smaller error bars than in PR3, up to 12% smaller for orthogonal. They represent the best Planck constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity. The lensing and point source bispectra are also detected, consistent with PR3. We performed several validation tests and found in particular that the 600 simulations, used to determine the linear correction term and the error bars, have a systematically low lensing bispectrum. We show, however, that this has no impact on our results.

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Jung et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6984345ff1d9ada3c1fb2701https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202555283/pdf
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