Published September 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Local scale-dependent non-gaussian curvature perturbations at cubic order

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2505 Correa Rd., Honolulu HI (United States)

Description

We calculate non-Gaussianities in the bispectrum and trispectrum arising from the cubic term in the local expansion of the scalar curvature perturbation. We compute to three-loop order and for general momenta. A procedure for evaluating the leading behavior of the resulting loop-integrals is developed and discussed. Finally, we survey unique non-linear signals which could arise from the cubic term in the squeezed limit. In particular, it is shown that loop corrections can cause fNLsq. to change sign as the momentum scale is varied. There also exists a momentum limit where τNL < 0 can be realized

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/09/036

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2011
Journal Issue
09
Journal Page Range
p. 036
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45099095
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; CORRECTIONS; COSMOLOGY; DISTURBANCES; INTEGRALS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SCALARS
Descriptors DEC
PHYSICS