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Primordial non-Gaussianity in the cosmological perturbations - CBPF

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Figure 5: The horizon scale (green l<strong>in</strong>e) and a physical scale λ (red l<strong>in</strong>e) as function of <strong>the</strong> scale<br />

factor a.<br />

k<strong>in</strong>ds: satellite experiments, balloon experiments, and ground based experiments. The technical<br />

and economical advantages of ground based experiments are evident, but <strong>the</strong>ir ma<strong>in</strong> problem is<br />

atmospheric fluctuations. The temperature anisotropy is commonly expanded <strong>in</strong> spherical harmonics<br />

∆T<br />

T (x0, τ0, n) = <br />

aℓ,m(x0)Yℓm(n), (154)<br />

ℓm<br />

where x0 and τ0 are our position and <strong>the</strong> preset time, respectively, n is <strong>the</strong> direction of observation,<br />

ℓ ′ s are <strong>the</strong> different multipoles and 1<br />

1An alternative def<strong>in</strong>ition is Cℓ = 〈|aℓm| 2 〉 = 1 ℓ 2ℓ+1 m=−ℓ |aℓm| 2 .<br />

〈aℓma ∗ ℓ ′ m ′〉 = δℓ,ℓ ′δm,m ′Cℓ, (155)<br />

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