Comparison of the Sachs-Wolfe effect for Gaussian and non-Gaussian fluctuations

A consequence of non-Gaussian perturbations on the Sachs-Wolfe effect is studied. For a particular power spectrum, predicted Sachs-Wolfe effects are calculated for two cases: a Gaussian (random phase) configuration and a specific kind of non-Gaussian configuration. We obtain the result that the Sachs-Wolfe effect for the latter case is smaller when each temperature fluctuation is properly normalized with respect to the corresponding mass fluctuation $\left(\frac{\delta M}{M}\right)\left(R\right)\mathrm{}$. The physical explanation and the generality of the result are discussed.