Quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum from inflation and curvaton models

Chunshan Lin*, Yi Wang

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Abstract

We calculate the quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum, corresponding to five and six point correlation functions of the curvature perturbation. For single field inflation with standard kinetic term, the quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum are small, which are suppressed by slow roll parameters. The calculation can be generalized to multiple fields. When there is no entropy perturbation, the quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum are suppressed as well. With the presence of entropy perturbation, the quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum can get boosted. We illustrate this boost in the multi-brid inflation model. For the curvaton scenario, the quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum are also large in the small r limit. We also calculate representative terms of quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum for inflation with generalized kinetic terms, and estimate their order of magnitude for quasi-single field inflation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number011
JournalJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume2010
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cosmological perturbation theory
  • Non-gaussianity

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