Planck 2018 results IX. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity

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2020

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EDP Sciences

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We analyse the Planck full-mission cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and E-mode polarization maps to obtain constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (NG). We compare estimates obtained from separable template-fitting, binned, and optimal modal bispectrum estimators, finding consistent values for the local, equilateral, and orthogonal bispectrum amplitudes. Our combined temperature and polarization analysis produces the following final results: fNLlocal = −0.9 ± 5.1; fNLequil = −26 ± 47; and fNLortho = −38 ± 24 (68% CL, statistical).

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Cosmic background radiation, Cosmology: observations, Cosmology: theory, Early Universe, Inflation

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Ballardini, M. et al. (2020). Planck 2018 results IX. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 641, A9