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/10.1088/1475-7516/2010/04/024Additional details
Identifiers
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