Density perturbations arising from multiple field slow-roll inflation

Details Density perturbations arising from multiple field slow-roll inflation Density perturbations arising from multiple field slow-roll inflation

2000-11-27

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0011325v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

42 pages; some minor changes and additions

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In this paper we analyze scalar gravitational perturbations on a Robertson-Walker background in the presence of multiple scalar fields that take values on a (geometrically non-trivial) field manifold during slow-roll inflation. For this purpose modified and generalized slow-roll functions are introduced and their properties examined. These functions make it possible to estimate to what extent the gravitational potential decouples from the scalar field perturbations. The correlation function of the gravitational potential is calculated in an arbitrary state. We argue that using the vacuum state seems a reasonable assumption for those perturbations that can be observed in the CMBR. Various aspects are illustrated by examples with multiple scalar fields that take values on flat and curved manifolds.

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