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In this paper the generation of the primordial curvature perturbation by vector fields of general non-Abelian groups is discussed. We show that non-Gaussianity of the perturbation is dominated by contributions from superhorizon evolution of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Mindaugas Karciauskas

We calculate one-loop correction to the two-point functions of curvature perturbation in single-field inflation generated by cubic self-interaction. Incorporating the observed red-tilted spectrum of curvature perturbation, the relevant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-05 Jason Kristiano , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

The physics of primordial black holes can be affected by the non-Gaussian statistics of the density fluctuations that generate them. Therefore, it is important to have good theoretical control of the higher-order correlation functions for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-16 Gianmassimo Tasinato

The bispectrum, the three-point function of density fluctuations in Fourier space, is the lowest order statistic that carries information about the spatial coherence of large-scale structures. For Gaussian initial conditions, when the…

We derive the expressions for the 1-loop corrections in cosmological, Eulerian, perturbation theory to the matter bispectrum and to the galaxy bispectrum, assuming local galaxy bias, in presence of non-Gaussian initial conditions. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-29 Emiliano Sefusatti

We perturbatively study the effect of non-Gaussianities on the mass fraction of primordial black holes (PBHs) at the time of formation by systematically taking its effect into account in the one-point probability distribution function of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-02 Takahiko Matsubara , Misao Sasaki

Although cosmological observations suggest that the fluctuations of seed fields are almost Gaussian, the possibility of a small deviation of their fields from Gaussianity is widely discussed. Theoretically, there exist numerous inflationary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Maresuke Shiraishi

We present measurements of the dark matter bispectrum in N-body simulations with non-Gaussian initial conditions of the local kind for a large variety of triangular configurations and compare them with predictions from Eulerian Perturbation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Emiliano Sefusatti , Martin Crocce , Vincent Desjacques

We develop a possibility of generating tensor non-Gaussianity in a kind of anisotropic inflation, where a $U(1)$ gauge field is kinetically coupled to a spectator scalar field. Owing to this coupling, the coherent mode of the electric field…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-31 Takashi Hiramatsu , Kai Murai , Ippei Obata , Shuichiro Yokoyama

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

In this paper we examine how primordial non-Gaussianity contributes to nonlinear perturbative orders in the expansion of the density field at large scales in the matter dominated era. General Relativity is an intrinsically nonlinear theory,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Hedda Alice Gressel , Marco Bruni

I discuss new results concerning the evolution of the bispectrum due to gravitational instability from gaussian initial conditions using one-loop perturbation theory (PT). Particular attention is paid to the transition from weakly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roman Scoccimarro

We extend the \delta N formalism so that it gives all of the stochastic properties of the primordial curvature perturbation \zeta if the initial field perturbations are gaussian. The calculation requires only the knowledge of some family of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-08 David H. Lyth , Yeinzon Rodriguez

In this paper we fully calculate the non-Gaussianity of primordial curvature perturbation of island universe by using the second order perturbation equation. We find that for the spectral index $n_s\simeq 0.96$, which is favored by current…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-06 Yun-Song Piao

The forthcoming Stage-IV experiments aim to map the large scale structure of the Universe at high precision. The scales explored require a relativistic description, in addition to statistical tools for their analysis. In this thesis, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-21 Rebeca Martinez-Carrillo

We show how the primordial bispectrum of density perturbations from inflation may be characterised in terms of manifestly gauge-invariant cosmological perturbations at second order. The primordial metric perturbation, zeta, describing the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Laura E. Allen , Sujata Gupta , David Wands

It is possible that the primordial non-Gaussianity is dominated by the higher order terms, such as that set by $g_{NL}$, not $f_{NL}$. In this paper we derive the spectral index and running of $g_{NL}$ from a single isocurvature scalar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Qing-Guo Huang

We consider a model of inflation consisting a triplet of $U(1)$ vector fields with the parity violating interaction which is non-minimally coupled to inflaton. The vector field sector enjoys global $O(3)$ symmetry which admits isotropic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 Mohammad Ali Gorji , Seyed Ali Hosseini Mansoori , Hassan Firouzjahi

We analyze a massive vector field with a non-canonical kinetic term in the action, minimally coupled to gravity, where the mass and kinetic function of the vector field vary as functions of time during inflation. The vector field is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-25 Andres A. Navarro , Yeinzon Rodriguez

We study single field inflation in noncommutative spacetime and compute two-point and three-point correlation functions for the curvature perturbation. We find that both power spectrum and bispectrum for comoving curvature perturbation are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-20 Akhilesh Nautiyal