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We use the \delta N formalism to study the trispectrum T_\zeta of the primordial curvature perturbation \zeta when the latter is generated by vector field perturbations, considering the tree-level and one-loop contributions. The order of…

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Gravitational interferometers and cosmological observations of the cosmic microwave background offer us the prospect to probe the laws of gravity in the primordial universe. To study and interpret these datasets we need to know the possible…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-01 Giovanni Cabass , Enrico Pajer , David Stefanyszyn , Jakub Supeł

Correlated adiabatic and isocurvature perturbation modes are produced during inflation through an oscillation mechanism when extra scalar degrees of freedom other than the inflaton field are present. We show that this correlation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 N. Bartolo , S. Matarrese , A. Riotto

We derive a general expression for the probability of observing deviations from statistical isotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) if the primordial fluctuations are non-Gaussian and extend to superhorizon scales. The primary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Saroj Adhikari , Sarah Shandera , Adrienne L. Erickcek

In our previous work the nonlinearity parameter f_NL, which characterizes nongaussianity in the cosmic microwave background, was estimated for a class of inflationary models based on nonlocal field theory. These models include p-adic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-08-25 Neil Barnaby , James M. Cline

In this paper we calculate additional contributions to that part of the non-Gaussianity of the curvature perturbation, which come from the three-point correlator of the field perturbations. We estimate this contribution in the following…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ignacio Zaballa , Yeinzon Rodriguez , David H. Lyth

In (Hansen et al. 2002) we presented a new approach for measuring non-Gaussianity of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy pattern, based on the multivariate empirical distribution function of the spherical harmonics a_lm of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-19 Frode K. Hansen , Domenico Marinucci , Nicola Vittorio

We have studied primordial non-Gaussian features from a model of potential driven single field DBI Galileon inflation. We have computed the bispectrum from the three point correlation function considering all possible cross correlation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-08 Sayantan Choudhury , Supratik Pal

We investigate non-Gaussian isocurvature perturbations generated by the evolution of Goldstone modes during inflation. If a global symmetry is broken ``before'' inflation, the resulting Goldstone modes are disordered during inflation in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Martin Bucher , Yong Zhu

We study the degree to which the cosmic microwave background (CMB) can be used to constrain primordial non-Gaussianity involving one tensor and two scalar fluctuations, focusing on the correlation of one polarization $B$ mode with two…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 P. Daniel Meerburg , Joel Meyers , Alex van Engelen , Yacine Ali-Haïmoud

Cosmological phase transitions in the primordial universe can produce anisotropic stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds (GWB), similar to the cosmic microwave background (CMB). For adiabatic perturbations, the fluctuations in GWB follow…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-01 Soubhik Kumar , Raman Sundrum , Yuhsin Tsai

In this article we discuss the role of current and future CMB measurements in pinning down the model of inflation responsible for the generation of primordial curvature perturbations. By considering a parameterization of the effective field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-10-03 Rhiannon Gwyn , Gonzalo A. Palma , Mairi Sakellariadou , Spyros Sypsas

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

Assuming a LCDM universe in a single-field inflationary scenario, we compute the three-point correlation function of the observed matter density fluctuation in the squeezed triangular configuration, accounting for all the relativistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-25 Jaiyul Yoo , Nastassia Grimm , Ermis Mitsou

We compute the 3-point correlation function for a general model of inflation driven by a single, minimally coupled scalar field. Our approach is based on the numerical evaluation of both the perturbation equations and the integrals which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 Xingang Chen , Richard Easther , Eugene A. Lim

If the initial quantum state of the primordial perturbations broke rotational invariance, that would be seen as a statistical anisotropy in the angular correlations of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) temperature…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-02 Amjad Ashoorioon , Roberto Casadio , Tomi Koivisto

This paper explores a novel application of spherical convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to detect primordial non-Gaussianity in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), a key probe of inflationary dynamics. While effective, traditional…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 Jorik Melsen , Thomas Flöss , P. Daniel Meerburg

Since the first limit on the (local) primordial non-Gaussianity parameter, fNL, was obtained from COBE data in 2002, observations of the CMB have been playing a central role in constraining the amplitudes of various forms of non-Gaussianity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Eiichiro Komatsu

In this paper we provide a general framework based on $\delta N$ formalism to estimate the cosmological observables pertaining to the cosmic microwave background radiation for non-separable potentials, and for generic \emph{end of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-07 Anupam Mazumdar , Lingfei Wang

We investigate multi-field signatures of the nonminimally coupled supersymmetric Higgs inflation-type cosmological scenario, focusing on the two-field Higgs-lepton inflation model as a concrete example. This type of inflationary model is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-12-21 Shinsuke Kawai , Jinsu Kim