[4] Univ Sheffield, Dept Appl Math, Sheffield S3 7RH, S Yorkshire, England
来源:
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
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2008年
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10期
关键词:
cosmological perturbation theory;
inflation;
D O I:
10.1088/1475-7516/2008/10/008
中图分类号:
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号:
0704 ;
摘要:
We study the level of primordial non-Gaussianity in slow-roll two-field inflation. Using an analytic formula for the non-linear parameter f(NL) in the case of a sum or product separable potential, we find that it is possible to generate significant non-Gaussianity even during slow-roll inflation with Gaussian perturbations at Hubble exit. In this paper we give the general conditions for obtaining large non-Gaussianity and calculate the level of fine-tuning required to obtain this. We present explicit models in which the non-Gaussianity at the end of inflation can exceed the current observational bound of vertical bar f(NL)vertical bar less than or similar to 100.