English

Non-Gaussianity in DHOST inflation

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2024-10-31 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

DHOST inflation models where deviations from a pure de Sitter background are induced by an axion-like potential can lead to large non-Gaussianities. We investigate the nature of non-Gaussianities in these models and compare to the results given by the Planck experiment. The overlap between the DHOST non-Gaussianities and the equilateral, orthogonal and local templates can be rendered arbitrarily small. On the other hand, this does not preclude DHOST models from showing large non-Gaussianities as exemplified by their reduced bispectrum. As a result, they could be probed by future experiments and also by a more thorough analysis of the existing Planck data.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2110.05913,
  title  = {Non-Gaussianity in DHOST inflation},
  author = {Philippe Brax and Andrei Lazanu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.05913},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

24 pages, 3 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-24T06:49:20.317Z