Primordial curvature perturbation during and at the end of multi-field inflation

Feb, 2012
20 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 861 (2012) 271-289
  • Published: Aug 21, 2012
e-Print:
Report number:
  • APCTP-PRE2012-002,
  • PNUTP-12-A02

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We study the generation of the primordial curvature perturbation in multi-field inflation. Considering both the evolution of the perturbation during inflation and the effects generated at the end of inflation, we present a general formula for the curvature perturbation. We provide the analytic expressions of the power spectrum, spectral tilt and non-Gaussianity for the separable potentials of two inflaton scalars, and apply them to some specific models.
Note:
  • 20 pages
  • Inflation
  • Cosmological perturbation theory
  • Non-Gaussianity
  • curvature: perturbation
  • curvature: primordial
  • separable potential
  • non-Gaussianity
  • power spectrum: scalar
  • inflation: multiple field
  • bispectrum