Consistency relation for the Lorentz invariant single-field inflation
Abstract
In this paper we compute the sizes of equilateral and orthogonal shape bispectrum for the general Lorentz invariant single-field inflation. The stability of field theory implies a non-negative square of sound speed which leads to a consistency relation between the sizes of orthogonal and equilateral shape bispectrum, namely . In particular, for the single-field Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) inflation, the consistency relation becomes . These consistency relations are also valid in the mixed scenario where the quantum fluctuations of some other light scalar fields contribute to a part of total curvature perturbation on the super-horizon scale and may generate a local form bispectrum. A distinguishing prediction of the mixed scenario is . Comparing these consistency relations to WMAP 7yr data, there is still a big room for the Lorentz invariant inflation, but DBI inflation has been disfavored at more than 68% CL.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1001.5110,
title = {Consistency relation for the Lorentz invariant single-field inflation},
author = {Qing-Guo Huang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.5110},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures; v2: title changed, some mistakes corrected; v3: refs added, version accepted for publication in JCAP