Loop-Induced Stochastic Bias at Small Wavevectors [CEA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1712.07657


Primordial non-Gaussianities enhanced at small wavevectors can induce a power spectrum of the galaxy overdensity that differs greatly from that of the matter overdensity at large length scales. In previous work, it was shown that “squeezed” three-point and “collapsed” four-point functions of the curvature perturbation $\zeta$ can generate these non-Gaussianities and give rise to so-called scale-dependent and stochastic bias in the galaxy overdensity power spectrum. We explore a third way to generate non-Gaussianities enhanced at small wavevectors: the infrared behavior of quantum loop contributions to the four-point correlations of $\zeta$. We show that these loop effects lead to stochastic bias, which can be observable in the context of quasi-single field inflation.

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M. McAneny, A. Ridgway, M. Solon, et. al.
Fri, 22 Dec 17
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Comments: 10 pages, 4 figures