Published December 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Scale dependence of fNL in N-flation

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Frontiers in Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)

Description

Adopting the horizon-crossing approximation, we derive the spectral index of fNL in general N-flation model. Axion N-flation model is taken as a typical model for generating a large fNL which characterizes the size of local form bispectrum. We find that its tilt nfNL is negligibly small when all inflatons have the same potential, but a negative detectable nfNL can be achieved in the axion N-flation with different decay constants for different inflatons. The measurement of nfNL can be used to support or falsify the axion N-flation in the near future

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2010/12/017

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2010
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 017
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45096769
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
APPROXIMATIONS; ASTROPHYSICS; AXIONS; COSMOLOGY; INDEXES; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; INFLATONS; PARTICLE DECAY; POTENTIALS
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; CALCULATION METHODS; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; DECAY; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICS; POSTULATED PARTICLES