计算具有非真空初态的慢滚暴胀的局域型fNL
宇宙学与河外天体物理
2011-09-19 v2 高能物理 - 理论
摘要
具有非真空初态的单场慢滚暴胀在局域极限下具有增强的双谱。我们数值计算了此类模型在CMB中将被测量到的局域型fNL信号(包括完整的转移函数与2D投影)。结果的性质取决于多个参数,包括占据数N_k、Bogoliubov参数间的相角\theta_k以及慢滚参数\epsilon。在最保守的情况下,即取\theta_k \approx \eta_0 k(由文中讨论的物理原因所论证)且\epsilon\lesssim 0.01时,我们发现0 < fNL < 1.52 (\epsilon/0.01),这很可能太小而无法在CMB中被探测到。然而,如果允许相角\theta_k取恒定值且N_k=O(1),fNL可能会大得多和/或为负值(取决于\theta_k的选取),例如fNL \approx 28 (\epsilon/0.01)或-6.4 (\epsilon/0.01);取决于\epsilon,这些情景可能被Planck或未来的卫星探测到。尽管我们证明了这些结果实际上并未违反单场一致性关系,但它们确实产生了比单场暴胀通常预测值大得多的fNL值。
引用
@article{arxiv.1104.0244,
title = {Calculating the local-type fNL for slow-roll inflation with a non-vacuum initial state},
author = {Jonathan Ganc},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.0244},
year = {2011}
}
备注
8 pages, 1 figure. v2: Version accepted for publication in PRD. Added greatly expanded discussion of the phase angle \theta_k; this allows the possibility of enhanced fNL, as mentioned in abstract. More explicit comparisons with earlier work