Local non-Gaussianity from inflation

Details Local non-Gaussianity from inflation Local non-Gaussianity from inflation

2010-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/1004.0818v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

21 pages, 1 figure, invited review to appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity special issue on non-linear and non-Gaussian cos

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The non-Gaussian distribution of primordial perturbations has the potential to reveal the physical processes at work in the very early Universe. Local models provide a well-defined class of non-Gaussian distributions that arise naturally from the non-linear evolution of density perturbations on super-Hubble scales starting from Gaussian field fluctuations during inflation. I describe the delta-N formalism used to calculate the primordial density perturbation on large scales and then review several models for the origin of local primordial non-Gaussianity, including the cuvaton, modulated reheating and ekpyrotic scenarios. I include an appendix with a table of sign conventions used in specific papers.

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