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Non-Gaussianity in Island Cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-06 v2 Astrophysics

Abstract

In this paper we fully calculate the non-Gaussianity of primordial curvature perturbation of island universe by using the second order perturbation equation. We find that for the spectral index ns0.96n_s\simeq 0.96, which is favored by current observations, the non-Gaussianity level fNLf_{NL} seen in island will generally lie between 30 \sim 60, which may be tested by the coming observations. In the landscape, the island universe is one of anthropically acceptable cosmological histories. Thus the results obtained in some sense means the coming observations, especially the measurement of non-Gaussianity, will be significant to make clear how our position in the landscape is populated.

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@article{arxiv.0807.3813,
  title  = {Non-Gaussianity in Island Cosmology},
  author = {Yun-Song Piao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3813},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 1 eps figure, some discussions added, published version

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