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Non-linear reconstruction of features in the primordial power spectrum from large-scale structure

Li, Yuhao; Zhu, Hong-Ming; Li, Baojiu

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Yuhao Li

Hong-Ming Zhu



Abstract

Potential features in the primordial power spectrum have been searched for in galaxy surveys in recent years since these features can assist in understanding the nature of inflation. The null detection to date suggests that any such features should be fairly weak, and next-generation galaxy surveys, with their unprecedented sizes and precisions, are in a position to place stronger constraints than before. However, even if such primordial features once existed in the early Universe, they would have been significantly damped in the non-linear regime at low redshift due to structure formation, which makes them difficult to be directly detected in real observations. A potential way to tackle this challenge for probing the features is to undo the cosmological evolution, i.e. using reconstruction to obtain an approximate linear density field. By employing a set of N-body simulations, here we show that a recently proposed non-linear reconstruction algorithm can effectively retrieve damped oscillatory features from halo catalogues and improve the accuracy of the measurement of feature parameters (assuming that such primordial features do exist). We do a Fisher analysis to forecast how non-linear reconstruction affects the constraining power, and find that it can lead to significantly more robust constraints on the feature amplitude for a DESI-like survey. Comparing non-linear reconstruction with other ways of improving constraints, such as increasing the survey volume and range of scales, this shows that it is possible to achieve what the latter do, but at a lower cost.

Citation

Li, Y., Zhu, H., & Li, B. (2022). Non-linear reconstruction of features in the primordial power spectrum from large-scale structure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(3), 4363-4378. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1544

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 1, 2022
Online Publication Date Jun 15, 2022
Publication Date 2022-08
Deposit Date Jul 27, 2022
Publicly Available Date Jul 27, 2022
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN 0035-8711
Electronic ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher Royal Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 514
Issue 3
Pages 4363-4378
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1544
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1196808

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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ©: 2022 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.






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