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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 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 analyze the cosmic non-gaussianity produced in inflation models with multiple uncoupled fields with monomial potentials, such as Nflation. Using the horizon-crossing approximation to compute the non-gaussianity, we show that when each…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Soo A. Kim , Andrew R. Liddle

We study the statistical descriptors for some cosmological inflationary models that allow us to get large levels of non-gaussianity and violations of statistical isotropy. Basically, we study two different class of models: a model that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-05 Cesar A. Valenzuela-Toledo

We review models which generate a large non-Gaussianity of the local form. We first briefly consider three models which generate the non-Gaussianity either at or after the end of inflation; the curvaton scenario, modulated (p)reheating and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Christian T. Byrnes , Ki-Young Choi

We derive semi-analytic formulae for the local bispectrum and trispectrum in general two-field inflation and provide a simple geometric recipe for building observationally allowed models with observable non-Gaussianity. We use the \delta N…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Courtney M. Peterson , Max Tegmark

We present a detailed study of the trispectrum of the curvature perturbation generated within a stable, well defined and predictive theory which comprises an inflationary phase. In this model the usual shift symmetry is enhanced up to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-18 Frederico Arroja , Nicola Bartolo , Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni , Matteo Fasiello

Enormous information about interactions is contained in the non-Gaussianities of the primordial curvature perturbations, which are essential to break the degeneracy of inflationary models. We study the primordial bispectra for G-inflation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 Fengge Zhang , Yungui Gong , Jiong Lin , Yizhou Lu , Zhu Yi

We consider the non-Gaussianity of the nonlinear density perturbations in a single-field inflationary model when a scalar field couples nonminimally with gravity. Gravity theories with a nonminimal coupling can be transformed into the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Seoktae Koh

Inflating curvaton can create curvature perturbation when the curvaton density is slowly varying. Using the delta-N formalism, we discuss the evolution of the curvature perturbation during curvaton inflation and find analytic formulation of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-06-26 Seishi Enomoto , Kazunori Kohri , Tomohiro Matsuda

We study non-Gaussianities in the primordial perturbations in single field inflation where there is radiation era prior to inflation. Inflation takes place when the energy density of radiation drops below the value of the potential of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 Suratna Das , Subhendra Mohanty

We study the evolution of cosmological perturbations on large scales, up to second order, for a perfect fluid with generic equation of state. Taking advantage of super-horizon conservation laws, it is possible to follow the evolution of the…

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

After simplifying and improving the non-Gaussian formalism we developed in previous work, we derive a quantitative expression for the three-point correlator (bispectrum) of the curvature perturbation in general multiple-field inflation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. I. Rigopoulos , E. P. S. Shellard , B. J. W. van Tent

Non-attractor inflation is known as the only single field inflationary scenario that can violate non-Gaussianity consistency relation with the Bunch-Davies vacuum state and generate large local non-Gaussianity. However, it is also known…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-08 Yi-Fu Cai , Xingang Chen , Mohammad Hossein Namjoo , Misao Sasaki , Dong-Gang Wang , Ziwei Wang

We show in this paper that it is possible to attain very high, {\it including observable}, values for the level of non-gaussianity f_{NL} associated with the bispectrum B_\zeta of the primordial curvature perturbation \zeta, in a subclass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-02 Heiner R. S. Cogollo , Yeinzon Rodriguez , Cesar A. Valenzuela-Toledo

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 study the evolution of non-Gaussianity in multiple-field inflationary models, focusing on three fundamental questions: (a) How is the sign and peak magnitude of the non-linearity parameter fNL related to generic features in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-07 Joseph Elliston , David Mulryne , David Seery , Reza Tavakol

We investigate the non-Gaussian signatures of ultra slow-roll inflation. The bispectrum and the trispectrum are calculated with general initial conditions. The trispectrum is of local shape, as in the case of the bispectrum. We show that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Qing-Guo Huang , Yi Wang

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 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