Parametric Decay of the Curvaton
Astrophysics
2014-11-18 v2
Abstract
We argue that the curvaton decay takes place most naturally by way of a broad parametric resonance. The mechanism is analogous to resonant inflaton decay but does not require any tuning of the curvaton coupling strength to other scalar fields. For low scale inflation and a correspondingly low mass scale for the curvaton, we speculate on observable consequences including the possibility of stochastic gravitational waves
Cite
@article{arxiv.0807.0382,
title = {Parametric Decay of the Curvaton},
author = {K. Enqvist and S. Nurmi and G. I. Rigopoulos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.0382},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
9 pages, one figure; v2: minor modifications, version accepted for publication in JCAP