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Large Local Non-Gaussianity from General Single-field Inflation
We investigate the non-Gaussian signatures of ultra slow-roll inflation. The
bispectrum and the trispectrum are calculated with general initial conditions.
The trispectrum is of local shape, as in the case of the bispectrum. We show
that the prediction of local non-Gaussianity is robust again generalizing the
Bunch-Davies vacuum. The Suyama-Yamaguchi relation is saturated in this
scenario.Comment: 5 pages, one figur
Constraints on the neutrino mass and mass hierarchy from cosmological observations
Considering the mass splitting between three active neutrinos, we represent
the new constraints on the sum of neutrino mass by updating the
anisotropic analysis of Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) scale in the CMASS
and LOWZ galaxy samples from Data Release 12 of the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation
Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS DR12). Combining the BAO data of 6dFGS, MGS, LOWZ
and CMASS with ~2015 data of temperature anisotropy and
polarizations of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), we find that the
C.L. upper bounds on refer to eV for
normal hierarchy (NH), eV for inverted hierarchy
(IH) and eV for degenerate hierarchy (DH)
respectively, and the normal hierarchy is slightly preferred than the inverted
one (). In
addition, the additional relativistic degrees of freedom and massive sterile
neutrinos are neither favored at present.Comment: 12 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure; refs adde
New cosmological constraints with extended-Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey DR14 quasar sample
We update the constraints on the cosmological parameters by adopting the
Planck data released in 2015 and Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) measurements
including the new DR14 quasar sample measurement at redshift , and we
conclude that the based six-parameter CDM model is preferred.
Exploring some extensions to the CDM models, we find that the equation
of state of dark energy reads in the CDM model, the
effective relativistic degrees of freedom in the Universe is
in the CDM model and
the spatial curvature parameter is in the
CDM model at confidence level (C.L.), and the
C.L. upper bounds on the sum of three active neutrinos masses are eV for the normal hierarchy (NH) and eV for the
inverted hierarchy (IH) with .Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, 4 table
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