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In the present paper, we study the non-Gaussianity of multiple-field inflation model using the method of the field equation. We start from reviewing the background and the perturbation theory of multiple-field inflation, and then derive the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-04 Shi-Wen Li , Wei Xue

We simulate the distribution of very rare, large excursions in the primordial density field produced in models of inflation in the very early universe which include a strong enhancement of the power spectrum. The stochastic $\delta…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-25 Joseph H. P. Jackson , Hooshyar Assadullahi , Andrew D. Gow , Kazuya Koyama , Vincent Vennin , David Wands

Multiple inflation is a model based on N=1 supergravity wherein there are sudden changes in the mass of the inflaton because it couples to 'flat direction' scalar fields which undergo symmetry breaking phase transitions as the universe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Shaun Hotchkiss , Subir Sarkar

We consider the expected level of primordial non-Gaussianities in models in which density perturbations are produced by spatial fluctuations in the decay rate of the inflaton. We consider both the non-Gaussianities resulting from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Matias Zaldarriaga

Preheating can convert superhorizon fluctuations of light scalar fields present at the end of inflation into observable density perturbations. We show in detail how lattice field theory simulations and the separate universes approximation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-30 Alex Chambers , Arttu Rajantie

We study the generation of non-Gaussianity in models of hybrid inflation with two inflaton fields, (2-brid inflation). We analyse the region in the parameter and the initial condition space where a large non-Gaussianity may be generated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 Christian T. Byrnes , Ki-Young Choi , Lisa M. H. Hall

This is a review of models of inflation and of their predictions for the primordial non-Gaussianity in the density perturbations which are thought to be at the origin of structures in the Universe. Non-Gaussianity emerges as a key…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. Bartolo , E. Komatsu , S. Matarrese , A. Riotto

The Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) approach for exploring inflationary trajectories is employed in the generation of generalised inflationary non-Gaussian signals arising from single field inflation. Scale dependent solutions for $f_{NL}$ are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-12 Jonathan S. Horner , Carlo R. Contaldi

The effect of self-interactions of heavy scalar fields during inflation on the primordial non-Gaussianity is studied. We take a specific constant-turn quasi-single field inflation as an example. We derive an effective theory with emphasis…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Jinn-Ouk Gong , Shi Pi , Misao Sasaki

We study the non-Gaussianity generated during multiple-field inflation. We provide an exact expression for the bispectrum parameter f_NL which is valid beyond the slow-roll regime, valid for certain classes of inflationary models. We then…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-04 Christian T. Byrnes , Gianmassimo Tasinato

We present a generic inference method for inflation models from observational data by the usage of higher-order statistics of the curvature perturbation on uniform density hypersurfaces. This method is based on the calculation of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-25 Sebastian Dorn , Erandy Ramirez , Kerstin E. Kunze , Stefan Hofmann , Torsten A. Enßlin

We compute the covariant three-point function near horizon-crossing for a system of slowly-rolling scalar fields during an inflationary epoch, allowing for an arbitrary field-space metric. We show explicitly how to compute its subsequent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-10 Joseph Elliston , David Seery , Reza Tavakol

We use the long-wavelength formalism to investigate the level of bispectral non-Gaussianity produced in two-field inflation models with standard kinetic terms. Even though the Planck satellite has so far not detected any primordial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-17 Gabriel Jung , Bartjan van Tent

In this review, we discuss how non-Gaussianity of cosmological perturbations arises from inflation. After introducing the in-in formalism to calculate the $n$-point correlation function of quantum fields, we present the computation of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Kazuya Koyama

Multivariate spatial fields are of interest in many applications, including climate model emulation. Not only can the marginal spatial fields be subject to nonstationarity, but the dependence structure among the marginal fields and between…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-11-21 Paul F. V. Wiemann , Matthias Katzfuss

We study Newtonian cosmological perturbation theory from a field theoretical point of view. We derive a path integral representation for the cosmological evolution of stochastic fluctuations. Our main result is the closed form of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Keisuke Izumi , Jiro Soda

If light scalar fields are present at the end of inflation, their non-equilibrium dynamics such as parametric resonance or a phase transition can produce non-Gaussian density perturbations. We show how these perturbations can be calculated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alex Chambers , Arttu Rajantie

Two-field slow-roll inflation is the most conservative modification of a single-field model. The main motivations to study it are its entropic mode and non-Gaussianity. Several years ago, for a two-field model with additive separable…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-24 Tower Wang

We study a model of multiple-field DBI inflation leading to mixed form of primordial non-Gaussianity, including equilateral and local bispectrum shapes. We present a general formalism based on the Hamilton-Jacobi approach, allowing us to go…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-23 Jon Emery , Gianmassimo Tasinato , David Wands

Non-Gaussianities of the primordial density perturbations have emerged as a very powerful possible signal to test the dynamics that drove the period of inflation. While in general the most sensitive observable is the three-point function in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-01-17 Leonardo Senatore , Matias Zaldarriaga