Published December 1, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Curvaton and the inhomogeneous end of inflation

  • 1. Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3FX (United Kingdom)
  • 2. School of Astronomy, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), P.O. Box 19395-5531, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 3. Yukawa Institute for theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)

Description

We study the primordial density perturbations and non-Gaussianities generated from the combined effects of an inhomogeneous end of inflation and curvaton decay in hybrid inflation. This dual role is played by a single isocurvature field which is massless during inflation but acquire a mass at the end of inflation via the waterfall phase transition. We calculate the resulting primordial non-Gaussianity characterized by the non-linearity parameter, fNL, recovering the usual end-of-inflation result when the field decays promptly and the usual curvaton result if the field decays sufficiently late

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/12/024

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2012
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 024
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45100936
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; DENSITY; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; INFLATONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PARTICLE DECAY; PERTURBATION THEORY; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; REST MASS
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; POSTULATED PARTICLES