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Non-abelian gauge field inflation is studied in the context of warm inflation scenario. We introduce this scenario as a mechanism that gives an end for gauge-flation model. Slow-roll parameters and perturbation parameters are presented for…

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For very general scalar-field theories in which the equations of motion are at second-order, we evaluate the three-point correlation function of primordial scalar perturbations generated during inflation. We show that the shape of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-10-11 Antonio De Felice , Shinji Tsujikawa

We present a simple way to calculate non-Gaussianity in inflation using fully non-linear equations on long wavelengths with stochastic sources to take into account the short-wavelength quantum fluctuations. Our formalism includes both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. I. Rigopoulos , E. P. S. Shellard , B. J. W. van Tent

We compute the non-Gaussianities that arise in single field, slow roll inflationary models arising from arbitrary homogeneous initial states, as well as subleading contributions to the power spectrum. Non Bunch-Davies vacuum initial states…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-12 Sina Bahrami , Éanna É. Flanagan

We consider non-canonical generalizations of two classes of simple single-field inflation models. First, we study the non-canonical version of "ultra-slow roll" inflation, which is a class of inflation models for which quantum modes do not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Konstantinos Tzirakis , William H. Kinney

Generalized slow roll conditions and parameters are obtained for a general form of scalar-tensor theory (with no external sources), having arbitrary functions describing a nonminimal gravitational coupling F(\phi), a Kahler-like kinetic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 J. R. Morris

We give a concise formula for the non-Gaussianity of the primordial curvature perturbation generated on super-horizon scales in multi-scalar inflation model without assuming slow-roll conditions. This is an extension of our previous work.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-11 Shuichiro Yokoyama , Teruaki Suyama , Takahiro Tanaka

Galileon inflation is a radiatively stable higher derivative model of inflation. The model is determined by a finite number of relevant operators which are protected by a covariant generalization of the Galileon shift symmetry. We show that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-08 Clare Burrage , Claudia de Rham , David Seery , Andrew J. Tolley

Recently we studied inflation models in which the inflaton potential is characterized by an underlying approximate global symmetry. In the first work we pointed out that in such a model curvature perturbations are generated after the end of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Edward W. Kolb , Antonio Riotto , Alberto Vallinotto

Inflationary models are usually based on dynamics of one or more scalar fields coupled to gravity. In this work we present a new class of inflationary models, gauge-flation or non-Abelian gauge field inflation, where slow-roll inflation is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-18 A. Maleknejad , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari

In the context of Type IIB LARGE volume orientifold setup equipped with poly-instanton corrections, the standard single-field poly-instanton inflation driven by a 'Wilson' divisor volume modulus is generalized by the inclusion of respective…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-03-28 Xin Gao , Pramod Shukla

We study the non-Gaussian tail of the curvature fluctuation, $\zeta$, in an inflationary scenario with a transient ultra slow-roll phase that generates a localized large enhancement of the spectrum of $\zeta$. To do so, we implement a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-08 Guillermo Ballesteros , Jesús Gambín Egea , Thomas Konstandin , Alejandro Pérez Rodríguez , Mathias Pierre , Julián Rey

We consider second order inflationary perturbations in the case of two scalar fields, $\sigma$ and the inflaton $\phi$. We derive an expression for the non-Gaussianity of perturbations and apply the results to hybrid inflation. We isolate…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Kari Enqvist , Antti Vaihkonen

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

In [arXiv:1102.1513] we introduced an inflationary scenario, Non-Abelian Gauge Field Inflation or gauge-flation for short, in which slow-roll inflation is driven by non-Abelian gauge field minimally coupled to gravity. We present a more…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-18 A. Maleknejad , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari

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

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

In this paper we investigate the inflationary phenomenology of an Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory with the extension of a logarithmic modified $f(R)$ gravity, compatible with the GW170817 event. The main idea of our work is to study different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-03 S. A. Venikoudis , F. P. Fronimos

In constant-roll inflation, the scalar field that drives the accelerated expansion of the Universe is rolling down its potential at a constant rate. Within this framework, we highlight the relations between the Hubble slow-roll parameters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-08 Alexandros Karam , Luca Marzola , Thomas Pappas , Antonio Racioppi , Kyriakos Tamvakis

The generic prediction for the perturbations generated during slow--roll, single--field inflation, as they appear in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), is a flat, close--to--Gaussian spectrum. We calculate the general solution for a…

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