Bispectrum from inflation/bouncing Universe in VCDM
Abstract
We discuss the non-linear interactions within the VCDM model, a type II minimally modified gravity model with the same number of degrees of freedom as in General Relativity but not connected to the latter by field redefinitions. During an inflationary phase in the early universe, if the VCDM potential does not modify the slow-roll behavior of the inflaton field, we recover, up to the leading order, the standard results for the bispectrum in slow-roll inflation. On the other hand, if the VCDM potential becomes dominant, the interactions can strongly deviate and even violate the Maldacena's consistency relation for the local non-Gaussianities. Furthermore, we apply the formalism to the recently introduced bouncing model in VCDM, and show that the bispectrum still respects current observational constraints. Future measurements on non-Gaussianities of the local type should provide the test ground for the model's validity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2407.02882,
title = {Bispectrum from inflation/bouncing Universe in VCDM},
author = {Alexander Ganz and Paul Martens and Shinji Mukohyama and Ryo Namba},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.02882},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
22 pages, Prepared for a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics A, which is devoted to the memory of V.A.Rubakov