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arXiv 1303.3549astro-ph.COhep-th
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非高斯模耦合与统计宇宙学原理

Non-Gaussian Mode Coupling and the Statistical Cosmological Principle

Marilena LoVerde, Elliot Nelson, Sarah Shandera

摘要:

局域型原始非高斯耦合统计的曲率扰动在非常不同的物理尺度。由于这种耦合,我们哈勃体积中的宇宙质量的统计(即多光谱)可能不能代表更大宇宙中的宇宙质量--也就是说,它们可能有偏差。这种偏差取决于λ的局部背景值,其中包括波长为k < H_0的所有模式的贡献,因此如果整个后暴胀补丁与我们的哈勃体积相比很大,则会增强。我们研究了一般的本地型非高斯性的本地测量统计的偏差。我们详细考虑了三个例子:(i)通常的fNL,gNL模型,(ii)强非高斯模型,(iii)两场非高斯初始条件。在每种情况下,我们都可以在哈勃大小的补丁中生成弱高斯的统计数据,并且与观测结果一致,尽管在更大的后暴胀补丁中的统计数据看起来非常不同。

英文摘要:

Local-type primordial non-Gaussianity couples statistics of the curvature perturbation ζon vastly different physical scales. Because of this coupling, statistics (i.e. the polyspectra) of ζin our Hubble volume may not be representative of those in the larger universe -- that is, they may be biased. The bias depends on the local background value of ζ, which includes contributions from all modes with wavelength k ~< H_0 and is therefore enhanced if the entire post-inflationary patch is large compared with our Hubble volume. We study the bias to locally-measured statistics for general local-type non-Gaussianity. We consider three examples in detail: (i) the usual fNL, gNL model, (ii) a strongly non-Gaussian model with ζ~ ζ_G^p, and (iii) two-field non-Gaussian initial conditions. In each scenario one may generate statistics in a Hubble-size patch that are weakly Gaussian and consistent with observations despite the fact that the statistics in the larger, post-inflationary patch look very different.

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