Multipoles of the relativistic galaxy bispectrum

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/05/018zbMATH Open1491.85004arXiv1912.11016OpenAlexW3103963820MaRDI QIDQ5069124FDOQ5069124

Authors: Eline M. de Weerd, C. Clarkson, Sheean Jolicoeur, Roy Maartens, Obinna Umeh 

Publication date: 8 April 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Above the equality scale the galaxy bispectrum will be a key probe for measuring primordial non-Gaussianity which can help differentiate between different inflationary models and other theories of the early universe. On these scales a variety of relativistic effects come into play once the galaxy number-count fluctuation is projected onto our past lightcone. By decomposing the Fourier-space bispectrum into invariant multipoles about the observer's line of sight we examine in detail how the relativistic effects contribute to these. We show how to perform this decomposition analytically, which is significantly faster for subsequent computations. While all multipoles receive a contribution from the relativistic part, odd multipoles arising from the imaginary part of the bispectrum have no Newtonian contribution, making the odd multipoles a smoking gun for a relativistic signature in the bispectrum for single tracers. The dipole and the octopole are significant on equality scales and above where the Newtonian approximation breaks down. This breakdown is further signified by the fact that the even multipoles receive a significant correction on very large scales.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.11016

zbMATH Keywords

power spectrumredshift surveyscosmic web

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Spectrum, resolvent (47A10) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Mono-, di- and multipole moments (EM and other), gyromagnetic relations (81V60)

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