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Multipoint correlators in multifield cosmology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-03-17 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Connected NN-point amplitudes in quantum field theory are enhanced by a factor of N!N! in appropriate regimes of kinematics and couplings, but the non-perturbative analysis of this for collider physics applications is subtle. We resolve this question for NN-point correlation functions of cosmological perturbations in multifield inflation, and comment on its application to primordial non-Gaussianity. We find that they are calculably N!N!-enhanced using a simple model for the mixing of the field sectors which leads to a convolution of their probability distributions. This effect leads to model-dependent but interesting prospects for enhanced observational sensitivity.

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@article{arxiv.2003.05883,
  title  = {Multipoint correlators in multifield cosmology},
  author = {George Panagopoulos and Eva Silverstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.05883},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

30 pages, 7 figures. v2: references added

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