Adiabaticity and the fate of non-Gaussianities: The trispectrum and beyond

作者:Meyers Joel*; Sivanandam Navin
来源:Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2011, 84(6): 063522.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.84.063522

摘要

Extending the analysis of J. Meyers and N. Sivanandam [Phys. Rev. D 83, 103517 (2011)] beyond the bispectrum, we explore the superhorizon generation of local non-Gaussianities and their subsequent approach to adiabaticity. Working with a class of two field models of inflation with potentials amenable to treatment with the delta N formalism, we find that, as is the case for f(NL)(local), the local trispectrum parameters tau(NL) and g(NL) are exponentially driven toward values which are slow-roll suppressed if the fluctuations are driven into an adiabatic mode by a phase of effectively single field inflation. We argue that general considerations should ensure that a similar behavior will hold for the local forms of higher point correlations as well.

  • 出版日期2011-9-26