Primordial non-Gaussianity in noncanonical warm inflation: three- and four-point correlations
Abstract
Non-Gaussianity generated in inflation can be contributed by two parts. The first part, denoted by , is the contribution from four-point correlation of inflaton field which can be calculated using formalism, and the second part, denoted by , is the contribution from the three-point correlation function of the inflaton field. We consider the two contributions to the non-Gaussianity in noncanonical warm inflation throughout (noncanonical warm inflation is a new inflationary model which is proposed in \cite{Zhang2014}). We find the two contributions are complementary to each other. The four-point correlation contribution to the non-Gaussianity is overwhelmed by the three-point one in strong noncanonical limit, while the conclusion is opposite in the canonical case. We also discuss the influence of the field redefinition, thermal dissipative effect and noncanonical effect to the non-Gaussianity in noncanonical warm inflation.
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@article{arxiv.1707.09154,
title = {Primordial non-Gaussianity in noncanonical warm inflation: three- and four-point correlations},
author = {Xiao-Min Zhang and Hong-Yang Ma and Peng-Cheng Chu and Jian-Yang Zhu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.09154},
year = {2017}
}
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7 pages. Accepted for publication in Physical Review D