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arxiv: 1607.07872 · v2 · pith:75FMLIS3new · submitted 2016-07-26 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO · gr-qc· hep-ph· hep-th

Features from the non-attractor beginning of inflation

classification 🌌 astro-ph.CO gr-qchep-phhep-th
keywords non-attractorfeaturesinflationinitialpowerprimordialspectrumbeginning
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We study the effects of the non-attractor initial conditions for the canonical single-field inflation. The non-attractor stage can last only several $e$-folding numbers, and should be followed by hilltop inflation. This two-stage evolution leads to large scale suppression in the primordial power spectrum, which is favored by recent observations. Moreover we give a detailed calculation of primordial non-Guassianity due to the "from non-attractor to slow-roll" transition, and find step features in the local and equilateral shapes. We conclude that a plateau-like inflaton potential with an initial non-attractor phase yields interesting features in both power spectrum and bispectrum.

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