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Constraining ${\cal N}=1$ supergravity inflation with non-minimal K\"ahler operators using $\delta N$ formalism

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-04-17 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In this paper I provide a general framework based on δN\delta N formalism to study the features of unavoidable higher dimensional non-renormalizable K\"ahler operators for N=1{\cal N}=1 supergravity (SUGRA) during primordial inflation from the combined constraint on non-Gaussianity, sound speed and CMB dipolar asymmetry as obtained from the recent Planck data. In particular I study the nonlinear evolution of cosmological perturbations on large scales which enables us to compute the curvature perturbation, ζ\zeta, without solving the exact perturbed field equations. Further I compute the non-Gaussian parameters fNLf_{NL}, τNL\tau_{NL} and gNLg_{NL} for local type of non-Gaussianities and CMB dipolar asymmetry parameter, ACMB A_{CMB}, using the δN\delta N formalism for a generic class of sub-Planckian models induced by the Hubble-induced corrections for a minimal supersymmetric D-flat direction where inflation occurs at the point of inflection within the visible sector. Hence by using multi parameter scan I constrain the non-minimal couplings appearing in non-renormalizable K\"ahler operators within, O(1){\cal O}(1), for the speed of sound, 0.02cs10.02\leq c_s\leq 1, and tensor to scalar, 1022r0.1210^{-22} \leq r_{\star} \leq 0.12. Finally applying all of these constraints I will fix the lower as well as the upper bound of the non-Gaussian parameters within, O(15)fNL8.5{\cal O}(1-5)\leq f_{NL}\leq 8.5, O(75150)τNL2800{\cal O}(75-150)\leq\tau_{NL}\leq 2800 and O(17.434.7)gNL648.2{\cal O}(17.4-34.7)\leq g_{NL}\leq 648.2, and CMB dipolar asymmetry parameter within the range, 0.05ACMB0.090.05\leq A_{CMB}\leq 0.09.

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@article{arxiv.1402.1251,
  title  = {Constraining ${\cal N}=1$ supergravity inflation with non-minimal K\"ahler operators using $\delta N$ formalism},
  author = {Sayantan Choudhury},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.1251},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

26 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in JHEP