Correlated Hybrid Fluctuations from Inflation with Thermal Dissipation

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2003-10-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310856v1

Phys.Rev. D69 (2004) 023514

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages using revtex4, accepted for publication in PRD

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.69.023514

We investigate the primordial scalar perturbations in the thermal dissipative inflation where the radiation component (thermal bath) persists and the density fluctuations are thermally originated. The perturbation generated in this model is hybrid, i.e. it consists of both adiabatic and isocurvature components. We calculate the fractional power ratio ($S$) and the correlation coefficient ($\cos\Delta$) between the adiabatic and the isocurvature perturbations at the commencing of the radiation regime. Since the adiabatic/isocurvature decomposition of hybrid perturbations generally is gauge-dependent at super-horizon scales when there is substantial energy exchange between the inflaton and the thermal bath, we carefully perform a proper decomposition of the perturbations. We find that the adiabatic and the isocurvature perturbations are correlated, even though the fluctuations of the radiation component is considered uncorrelated with that of the inflaton. We also show that both $S$ and $\cos \Delta$ depend mainly on the ratio between the dissipation coefficient $\Gamma$ and the Hubble parameter $H$ during inflation. The correlation is positive ($\cos\Delta > 0$) for strong dissipation cases where $\Gamma/H >0.2$, and is negative for weak dissipation instances where $\Gamma/H <0.2$. Moreover, $S$ and $\cos \Delta$ in this model are not independent of each other. The predicted relation between $S$ and $\cos\Delta$ is consistent with the WMAP observation. Other testable predictions are also discussed.

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