Non-Gaussian fingerprints of self-interacting curvaton
- Physics Department, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 (Finland)
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
- Department of Physics, Saga University, Saga 840-8502 (Japan)
We investigate non-Gaussianities in self-interacting curvaton models treating both renormalizable and non-renormalizable polynomial interactions. We scan the parameter space systematically and compute numerically the non-linearity parameters f{sub NL} and g{sub NL}. We find that even in the interaction dominated regime there are large regions consistent with current observable bounds. Whenever the interactions dominate, we discover significant deviations from the relations f{sub NL} ∼ r{sub dec}{sup −1} and g{sub NL} ∼ r{sub dec}{sup −1} valid for quadratic curvaton potentials, where r{sub dec} measures the curvaton contribution to the total energy density at the time of its decay. Even if r{sub dec} || 1, there always exists regions with f{sub NL} ∼ 0 since the sign of f{sub NL} oscillates as a function of the parameters. While g{sub NL} can also change sign, typically g{sub NL} is non-zero in the low-f{sub NL} regions. Hence, for some parameters the non-Gaussian statistics is dominated by g{sub NL} rather than by f{sub NL}. Due to self-interactions, both the relative signs of f{sub NL} and g{sub NL} and the functional relation between them is typically modified from the quadratic case, offering a possible experimental test of the curvaton interactions.
- OSTI ID:
- 22272846
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2010, Issue 04; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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