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Non-Gaussianities in the Extended EFT of Inflation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-04-28 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In earlier works, we studied the validity of Extended Effective Field Theory of Inflation (EEFToI) in the regime where initial conditions are set with dispersion relations ω2k6\omega^2 \propto k^6. We had also evaluated and examined the power spectrum for some interesting corners of the parameter space. In this paper, we compute the bispectrum in the EEFToI, take a closer look at the strong coupling constraints and calculate the size of the non-Gaussianities in those regions of parameter space. We also investigate the shape of triangles that contribute to the enhancement of non-Gaussianities in this regime. We find that there are allowed parts of parameter spaces where EEFToI description with initial conditions set with ω2k6\omega^2 \propto k^6 is sensible and interesting.

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@article{arxiv.2110.06038,
  title  = {Non-Gaussianities in the Extended EFT of Inflation},
  author = {Amjad Ashoorioon and Ghazal Geshnizjani and Hyung J. Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.06038},
  year   = {2023}
}

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30 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables (updated to match the published version)