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Multi-Stream Inflation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We propose a "multi-stream" inflation model, which is a double field model with spontaneous breaking and restoration of an approximate symmetry. We calculate the density perturbation and non-Gaussianity in this model. We find that this model can have large, scale dependent, and probably oscillating non-Gaussianity. We also note that our model can produce features in the CMB power spectrum and hemispherical power asymmetry.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0903.2123,
  title  = {Multi-Stream Inflation},
  author = {Miao Li and Yi Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.2123},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

14 pages, 2 figures; v2: references added; v3: final version to appear on JCAP

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