Published November 15, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Primordial non-Gaussianity from two curvaton decays

  • 1. Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2EG (United Kingdom)

Description

We study a model where two scalar fields, that are subdominant during inflation, decay into radiation some time after inflation has ended but before primordial nucleosynthesis. Perturbations of these two curvaton fields can be responsible for the primordial curvature perturbation. We write down the full nonlinear equations that relate the primordial perturbation to the curvaton perturbations on large scales, calculate the power spectrum of the primordial perturbation, and finally go to second order to find the nonlinearity parameter, fNL. We find large positive values of fNL if the energy densities of the curvatons are subdominant when they decay, as in the single curvaton case. But we also find a large fNL even if the curvatons dominate the total energy density in the case when the inhomogeneous radiation produced by the first curvaton decay is diluted by the decay of a second nearly homogeneous curvaton. The minimum value min(fNL)=-5/4 which we find is the same as in the single-curvaton case

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 103003-103003.14
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39049708
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; DECAY; DISTURBANCES; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY SPECTRA; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCALAR FIELDS
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRA; SYNTHESIS

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