Published April 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Scale dependent local non-gaussianity from loops

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States)
  • 2. George P. and Cynthia W. Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 (United States)

Description

We analyze multi-field inflationary systems which yield strongly scale dependent non-Gaussianity with a shape that is very close to the local shape. As in usual multi-field models, the non-Gaussianity arises from the non-linear transfer of scalar field fluctuations to curvature perturbations. Here we consider models in which higher order terms (loops) dominate over the lowest order source of non-linearity. The magnitude of non-Gaussianity depends on an infrared cutoff which is determined by our observational probes measuring non-Gaussianity. In our models, the running is positive and large (nNG ∼ 0.2) on CMB scales. The magnitude of the bispectrum is maximally of order O(100), and grows on small scales. This can lead to interesting signals for large scale structure

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2010/04/024

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2010
Journal Issue
04
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
45094092
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; DISTURBANCES; FLUCTUATIONS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PROBES; RELICT RADIATION; SCALAR FIELDS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS; VARIATIONS