Primordial non-Gaussianity in the large scale structure of the Universe

Understand

Primordial non-Gaussianity is a potentially powerful discriminant of the physical mechanisms that generated the cosmological fluctuations observed today.

• Any detection of significant non-Gaussianity would thus have profound implications for our understanding of cosmic structure formation.
• The large scale mass distribution in the Universe is a sensitive probe of the nature of initial conditions.
• Recent theoretical progress together with rapid developments in observational techniques will enable us to critically confront predictions of inflationary scenarios and set constraints as competitive as those from the Cosmic Microwave Background.