期刊
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
卷 -, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/04/029
关键词
non-gaussianity; inflation; cosmological perturbation theory
资金
- JSPS [10271, 30318802]
- Scientific Research on Innovative Areas [21111006]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21111006] Funding Source: KAKEN
We compute the three-point correlation function of primordial scalar density perturbations in a general single-field inflationary scenario, where a scalar field phi has a direct coupling with the Ricci scalar R and the Gauss-Bonnet term G. Our analysis also covers the models in which the Lagrangian includes a function non-linear in the field kinetic energy X = -(partial derivative phi)(2)/2, and a Galileon-type field self-interaction G (phi, X)rectangle phi, where G is a function of phi and X. We provide a general analytic formula for the equilateral non-Gaussianity parameter f(NL)(equil) associated with the bispectrum of curvature perturbations. A quasi de Sitter approximation in terms of slow-variation parameters allows us to derive a simplified form of f(NL)(equil) convenient to constrain various inflation models observationally. If the propagation speed of the scalar perturbations is much smaller than the speed of light, the Gauss-Bonnet term as well as the Galileon-type field self-interaction can give rise to large non-Gaussianities testable in future observations. We also show that, in Brans-Dicke theory with a field potential (including f (R) gravity), f(NL)(equil) is of the order of slow-roll parameters as in standard inflation driven by a minimally coupled scalar field.
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