Primordial Non-Gaussianities from the Trispectra in Multiple Field Inflationary Models
Abstract
We investigate the primordial non-Gaussianities from the trispectra in multi-field inflation models, which can be seen as generalization of multi-field -inflation and multi-DBI inflation. We derive the full fourth-order perturbation action for the inflaton fields and evaluate the four-point correlation functions for the perturbations in the limit and . There are three types of momentum-dependent shape functions which arise from three types of four-point interaction vertices. The final trispectrum of the curvature perturbation can be expressed in terms of the deformations and permutations of these three shape functions, and is determined by , , , which depend on the non-linear structure of the model and also the transfer function . We also discuss the parameter space for the trispectrum and plot the shape diagrams for the trispectrum both for visualization and for distinguishing different shapes from each other.
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@article{arxiv.0906.1345,
title = {Primordial Non-Gaussianities from the Trispectra in Multiple Field Inflationary Models},
author = {Xian Gao and Miao Li and Chunshan Lin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.1345},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
36 pages, 8 eps figures; v2 more general two-field model considered, JCAP version