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We propose a multi-field extension of (generalized) G-inflation, based on covariant multi-galileons and their generalization preserving second-order field equations. We compute the quadratic action for cosmological perturbations. By…

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We introduce a frame-covariant formalism for inflation of scalar-curvature theories by adopting a differential geometric approach which treats the scalar fields as coordinates living on a field-space manifold. This ensures that our…

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As part of our program to develop a general theory of relativity for open systems, we introduce a covariant theory that incorporates the effects of classical and quantum spacetime alterations in a new metric tensor that effectively includes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-25 Alan Sebastián Morales , Mauricio Bellini , Juan Ignacio Musmarra

We examine the covariant properties of generalized models of two-field inflation, with non-canonical kinetic terms and a possibly non-trivial field metric. We demonstrate that kinetic-term derivatives and covariant field derivatives do…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-28 Eleftheria Tzavara , Shuntaro Mizuno , Bartjan van Tent

We develop a general formalism for analyzing linear perturbations in multiple-field cosmological inflation based on the gauge-ready approach. Our inflationary model consists of an arbitrary number of scalar fields with non-minimal kinetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Joydev Lahiri , Gautam Bhattacharya

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

We introduce a fully-frame covariant formalism for inflation by taking into account conformal transformations in addition to field reparametrizations. We begin by providing a brief overview of frame problems in the history of science before…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-23 Sotirios Karamitsos , Apostolos Pilaftsis

We develop the path integral formalism for studying cosmological perturbations in multi-field inflation, which is particularly well suited to study quantum theories with gauge symmetries such as diffeomorphism invariance. We formulate the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 Jinn-Ouk Gong , Min-Seok Seo , Gary Shiu

Recent studies of inflation with multiple scalar fields have highlighted the importance of non-canonical kinetic terms in novel types of inflationary solutions. This motivates a thorough analysis of non-Gaussianities in this context, which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-11 Sebastian Garcia-Saenz , Lucas Pinol , Sébastien Renaux-Petel

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 provide a concise review on multi-field inflation and cosmological perturbations. We discuss convenient and physically meaningful bases in terms of which perturbations can be systematically studied. We give formal accounts on the gauge…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-08 Jinn-Ouk Gong

We investigate non-Gaussianity in general multiple-field inflation using the formalism we developed in earlier papers. We use a perturbative expansion of the non-linear equations to calculate the three-point correlator of the curvature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. I. Rigopoulos , E. P. S. Shellard , B. J. W. van Tent

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 construct the gauge invariant free action for cosmological perturbations for the nonminimally coupled inflaton field in the Jordan frame. For this the phase space formalism is used, which keeps track of all the dynamical and constraint…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-23 Jan Weenink , Tomislav Prokopec

We perform a general study of the primordial scalar non-Gaussianities in multi-field inflationary models in Einstein gravity. We consider models governed by a Lagrangian which is a general function of the scalar fields and their first…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Xian Gao

We study the second-order gauge-invariant adiabatic and isocurvature perturbations in terms of the scalar fields present during inflation, along with the related fully non-linear space gradient of these quantities. We discuss the relation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-01 Eleftheria Tzavara , Bartjan van Tent

The covariant canonical transformation theory applied to the relativistic Hamiltonian theory of classical matter fields in dynamical space-time yields a novel (first order) gauge field theory of gravitation. The emerging field equations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-29 David Vasak , Johannes Kirsch , Dirk Kehm , Juergen Struckmeier

We calculate the covariant one-loop quantum gravitational effective action for a scalar field model inspired by the recently proposed nonminimal natural inflation model. Our calculation is perturbative, in the sense that the effective…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-11 Sandeep Aashish , Sukanta Panda

We present a method for the study of second-order superhorizon perturbations in multi field inflationary models with non trivial kinetic terms. We utilise a change of coordinates in field space to separate isocurvature and adiabatic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Gerasimos Rigopoulos

We study the impact of (generalized) cuscuton models on standard single scalar field inflation. Generalized cuscuton models are characterized by spatial covariant gravity where a scalar degree of freedom is made non dynamical, and there are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-10 Nicola Bartolo , Alexander Ganz , Sabino Matarrese
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