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Quasi-Single Field Inflation with Large Mass

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-04 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study the effect of massive isocurvaton on density perturbations in quasi-single field inflation models, when the mass of the isocurvaton M becomes larger than the order of the Hubble parameter H. We analytically compute the correction to the power spectrum, leading order in coupling but exact for all values of mass. This verifies the previous numerical results for the range 0<M<3H/2 and shows that, in the large mass limit, the correction is of order H^2/M^2.

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@article{arxiv.1205.0160,
  title  = {Quasi-Single Field Inflation with Large Mass},
  author = {Xingang Chen and Yi Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0160},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

19 pages, 6 figures; v2: minor revision

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