Curvaton self-interactions in non-quadratic potentials produce a local non-Gaussian map that enables supermassive primordial black hole formation at peak amplitudes of order 10^{-5} while remaining consistent with μ-distortion bounds.
On Non-Gaussianity in the Curvaton Scenario
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Since a positive future detection of non-linearity in the cosmic microwave background anisotropy pattern might allow to descriminate among different mechanisms giving rise to cosmological adiabatic perturbations, we study the evolution of the second-order cosmological curvature perturbation on super-horizon scales in the curvaton scenario. We provide the exact expression for the non-Gaussianity in the primordial perturbations including gravitational second-order corrections which are particularly relevant in the case in which the curvaton dominates the energy density before it decays. As a byproduct, we show that in the standard scenario where cosmological curvature perturbations are induced by the inflaton field, the second-order curvature perturbation is conserved even during the reheating stage after inflation.
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Lecture notes providing an advanced introduction to primordial inflation theory and perturbation theory in slow-roll and quasi-de Sitter spacetimes.
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Memoirs of the curvaton: non-perturbative non-Gaussianity and supermassive primordial black holes
Curvaton self-interactions in non-quadratic potentials produce a local non-Gaussian map that enables supermassive primordial black hole formation at peak amplitudes of order 10^{-5} while remaining consistent with μ-distortion bounds.
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Three Advanced Lectures on Inflation
Lecture notes providing an advanced introduction to primordial inflation theory and perturbation theory in slow-roll and quasi-de Sitter spacetimes.