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Title: Covariant second-order perturbations in generalized two-field inflation

Abstract

We examine the covariant properties of generalized models of two-field inflation, with non-canonical kinetic terms and a possibly non-trivial field metric. We demonstrate that kinetic-term derivatives and covariant field derivatives do commute in a proper covariant framework, which was not realized before in the literature. We also define a set of generalized slow-roll parameters, using a unified notation. Within this framework, we study the most general class of models that allows for well-defined adiabatic and entropic sound speeds, which we identify as the models with parallel momentum and field velocity vectors. For these models we write the exact cubic action in terms of the adiabatic and isocurvature perturbations. We thus provide the tool to calculate the exact non-Gaussianity beyond slow-roll and at any scale for these generalized models. We illustrate our general results by considering their long-wavelength limit, as well as with the example of two-field DBI inflation.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université Paris-Sud 11 and CNRS, Bâtiment 210, 91405 Orsay Cedex (France)
  2. Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), UMR 7164-CNRS, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris (France)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22373463
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2014; Journal Issue: 07; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL INFLATION; METRICS; PERTURBATION THEORY; SOUND WAVES; VELOCITY; WAVELENGTHS

Citation Formats

Tzavara, Eleftheria, Tent, Bartjan van, and Mizuno, Shuntaro. Covariant second-order perturbations in generalized two-field inflation. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/027.
Tzavara, Eleftheria, Tent, Bartjan van, & Mizuno, Shuntaro. Covariant second-order perturbations in generalized two-field inflation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/027
Tzavara, Eleftheria, Tent, Bartjan van, and Mizuno, Shuntaro. 2014. "Covariant second-order perturbations in generalized two-field inflation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/027.
@article{osti_22373463,
title = {Covariant second-order perturbations in generalized two-field inflation},
author = {Tzavara, Eleftheria and Tent, Bartjan van and Mizuno, Shuntaro},
abstractNote = {We examine the covariant properties of generalized models of two-field inflation, with non-canonical kinetic terms and a possibly non-trivial field metric. We demonstrate that kinetic-term derivatives and covariant field derivatives do commute in a proper covariant framework, which was not realized before in the literature. We also define a set of generalized slow-roll parameters, using a unified notation. Within this framework, we study the most general class of models that allows for well-defined adiabatic and entropic sound speeds, which we identify as the models with parallel momentum and field velocity vectors. For these models we write the exact cubic action in terms of the adiabatic and isocurvature perturbations. We thus provide the tool to calculate the exact non-Gaussianity beyond slow-roll and at any scale for these generalized models. We illustrate our general results by considering their long-wavelength limit, as well as with the example of two-field DBI inflation.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/027},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22373463}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 07,
volume = 2014,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}