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Constraints on Primordial Non-Gaussianity from 800 000 Photometric Quasars

We derive robust constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) using the clustering of 800 000 photometric quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in the redshift range 0.5

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Published in:	Physical review letters 2014-11, Vol.113 (22), p.221301-221301, Article 221301
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