Effective Field Theory and Decoupling in Multi-field Inflation: An Illustrative Case Study

Details Effective Field Theory and Decoupling in Multi-field Inflation: An Illustrative Case Study Effective Field Theory and Decoupling in Multi-field Inflation: An Illustrative Case Study

2011-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/1108.0981v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

24 pages, 2 figures, references added

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We explore the effects of heavy degrees of freedom on the evolution and perturbations of light modes in multifield inflation. We use a simple two-field model as an example to illustrate the subtleties of integrating out massive fields in a time-dependent background. We show that when adiabaticity is violated due to a sharp turn in field space, the roles of massive and massless field are interchanged, and furthermore the fields are strongly coupled; thus the system cannot be described by an effective single field action. Further analysis shows that the sharp turn imparts a non Bunch-Davis component in each perturbation mode, leading to oscillatory features in the power spectrum, and a large resonantly enhanced bispectrum.

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