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Title: Effective field theory of non-attractor inflation

Abstract

We present the model-independent studies of non attractor inflation in the context of effective field theory (EFT) of inflation. Within the EFT approach two independent branches of non-attractor inflation solutions are discovered in which a near scale-invariant curvature perturbation power spectrum is generated from the interplay between the variation of sound speed and the second slow roll parameter η. The first branch captures and extends the previously studied models of non-attractor inflation in which the curvature perturbation is not frozen on super-horizon scales and the single field non-Gaussianity consistency condition is violated. We present the general expression for the amplitude of local-type non-Gaussianity in this branch. The second branch is new in which the curvature perturbation is frozen on super-horizon scales and the single field non-Gaussianity consistency condition does hold in the squeezed limit. Depending on the model parameters, the shape of bispectrum in this branch changes from an equilateral configuration to a folded configuration while the amplitude of non-Gaussianity is less than unity.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology,Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  2. School of Astronomy, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM),P. O. Box 19395-5531, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
OSTI Identifier:
22458356
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2015; Journal Issue: 07; Other Information: PUBLISHER-ID: JCAP07(2015)048; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:11277; Article funded by SCOAP3. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ATTRACTORS; CONFIGURATION; COSMOLOGICAL INFLATION; FIELD THEORIES; PERTURBATION THEORY; SPECTRA; VELOCITY

Citation Formats

Akhshik, Mohammad, School of Astronomy, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Firouzjahi, Hassan, and Jazayeri, Sadra. Effective field theory of non-attractor inflation. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2015/07/048.
Akhshik, Mohammad, School of Astronomy, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Firouzjahi, Hassan, & Jazayeri, Sadra. Effective field theory of non-attractor inflation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/07/048
Akhshik, Mohammad, School of Astronomy, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Firouzjahi, Hassan, and Jazayeri, Sadra. 2015. "Effective field theory of non-attractor inflation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/07/048.
@article{osti_22458356,
title = {Effective field theory of non-attractor inflation},
author = {Akhshik, Mohammad and School of Astronomy, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences and Firouzjahi, Hassan and Jazayeri, Sadra},
abstractNote = {We present the model-independent studies of non attractor inflation in the context of effective field theory (EFT) of inflation. Within the EFT approach two independent branches of non-attractor inflation solutions are discovered in which a near scale-invariant curvature perturbation power spectrum is generated from the interplay between the variation of sound speed and the second slow roll parameter η. The first branch captures and extends the previously studied models of non-attractor inflation in which the curvature perturbation is not frozen on super-horizon scales and the single field non-Gaussianity consistency condition is violated. We present the general expression for the amplitude of local-type non-Gaussianity in this branch. The second branch is new in which the curvature perturbation is frozen on super-horizon scales and the single field non-Gaussianity consistency condition does hold in the squeezed limit. Depending on the model parameters, the shape of bispectrum in this branch changes from an equilateral configuration to a folded configuration while the amplitude of non-Gaussianity is less than unity.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2015/07/048},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22458356}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 07,
volume = 2015,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}