In Search of Large Signals at the Cosmological Collider
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2020-03-18 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We look for oscillating signals in the primordial bispectrum from new physics heavy particles which are visibly large for next generation large scale structures (LSS) survey. We show that in ordinary inflation scenarios where a slow-rolling inflaton generates density fluctuations and with no breaking of scale invariance or spacetime symmetry, there exist no naturally large signals unless the rolling inflaton generates a parity-odd chemical potential for the heavy particles. We estimate the accessibility of this signal through observations. While current CMB data are already sensitive in the most optimistic scenario, future probes, including LSS survey and 21 cm observation, can cover interesting regions of the model space.
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@article{arxiv.1910.12876,
title = {In Search of Large Signals at the Cosmological Collider},
author = {Lian-Tao Wang and Zhong-Zhi Xianyu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.12876},
year = {2020}
}
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25 pages