Correlation of isocurvature perturbation and non-Gaussianity
- Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang 790-784 (Korea, Republic of)
We explore the correlations between primordial non-Gaussianity and isocurvature perturbation. We sketch the generic relation between the bispectrum of the curvature perturbation and the cross-correlation power spectrum in the presence of explicit couplings between the inflaton and another light field which gives rise to isocurvature perturbation. Using a concrete model of a Peccei-Quinn type field with generic gravitational couplings, we illustrate explicitly how the primordial bispectrum correlates with the cross-correlation power spectrum. Assuming the resulting f{sub NL} ∼ O(1), we find that the form of the correlation depends mostly upon the inflation model but only weakly on the axion parameters, even though f{sub NL} itself does depend heavily on the axion parameters.
- OSTI ID:
- 22525110
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2015, Issue 12; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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