Observational Signatures and Non-Gaussianities of General Single Field
Inflation
X. Chen, M. xin Huang, S. Kachru, and G. Shiu. (2006)cite arxiv:hep-th/0605045
Comment: 53 pages, 5 figures; v3, minor revision, JCAP version; v4, numerical
coefficients corrected in Appendix B, discussion on consistency condition
revised.
Abstract
We perform a general study of primordial scalar non-Gaussianities in single
field inflationary models in Einstein gravity. We consider models where the
inflaton Lagrangian is an arbitrary function of the scalar field and its first
derivative, and the sound speed is arbitrary. We find that under reasonable
assumptions, the non-Gaussianity is completely determined by 5 parameters. In
special limits of the parameter space, one finds distinctive ``shapes'' of the
non-Gaussianity. In models with a small sound speed, several of these shapes
would become potentially observable in the near future. Different limits of our
formulae recover various previously known results.
Description
Observational Signatures and Non-Gaussianities of General Single Field
Inflation
%0 Journal Article
%1 Chen2006
%A Chen, Xingang
%A xin Huang, Min
%A Kachru, Shamit
%A Shiu, Gary
%D 2006
%K cosmology inflation non-gaussian
%T Observational Signatures and Non-Gaussianities of General Single Field
Inflation
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0605045
%X We perform a general study of primordial scalar non-Gaussianities in single
field inflationary models in Einstein gravity. We consider models where the
inflaton Lagrangian is an arbitrary function of the scalar field and its first
derivative, and the sound speed is arbitrary. We find that under reasonable
assumptions, the non-Gaussianity is completely determined by 5 parameters. In
special limits of the parameter space, one finds distinctive ``shapes'' of the
non-Gaussianity. In models with a small sound speed, several of these shapes
would become potentially observable in the near future. Different limits of our
formulae recover various previously known results.
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field inflationary models in Einstein gravity. We consider models where the
inflaton Lagrangian is an arbitrary function of the scalar field and its first
derivative, and the sound speed is arbitrary. We find that under reasonable
assumptions, the non-Gaussianity is completely determined by 5 parameters. In
special limits of the parameter space, one finds distinctive ``shapes'' of the
non-Gaussianity. In models with a small sound speed, several of these shapes
would become potentially observable in the near future. Different limits of our
formulae recover various previously known results.
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Comment: 53 pages, 5 figures; v3, minor revision, JCAP version; v4, numerical
coefficients corrected in Appendix B, discussion on consistency condition
revised},
timestamp = {2009-08-11T09:38:30.000+0200},
title = {Observational Signatures and Non-Gaussianities of General Single Field
Inflation},
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