Tachyon Mediated Non-Gaussianity

dc.creatorDutta, Bhaskar
dc.creatorKumar, Jason
dc.creatorLeblond, Louis
dc.date2008-05-09
dc.date2008-06-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:50:39Z
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dc.descriptionWe describe a general scenario where primordial non-Gaussian curvature perturbations are generated in models with extra scalar fields. The extra scalars communicate to the inflaton sector mainly through the tachyonic (waterfall) field condensing at the end of hybrid inflation. These models can yield significant non-Gaussianity of the local shape, and both signs of the bispectrum can be obtained. These models have cosmic strings and a nearly flat power spectrum, which together have been recently shown to be a good fit to WMAP data. We illustrate with a model of inflation inspired from intersecting brane models.
dc.description6 pages; v3 discussion about loops included, shape of the intrinsic contribution corrected, references added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1229
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1229
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D78:083522,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.083522
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203627
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleTachyon Mediated Non-Gaussianity
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