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arxiv: hep-ph/0405103 · v2 · submitted 2004-05-12 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph

Non-Gaussian perturbations in hybrid inflation

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keywords sigmahybridinflationperturbationsnon-gaussianitiesapplycaseconsider
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We consider second order inflationary perturbations in the case of two scalar fields, $\sigma$ and the inflaton $\phi$. We derive an expression for the non-Gaussianity of perturbations and apply the results to hybrid inflation. We isolate the contributions due to $\sigma$ and evaluate the resulting terms to show that $\sigma$-induced non-Gaussianities dominate over inflaton-induced non-Gaussianities when $m^2_{\sigma} \gtrsim \eta H^2$, where $\eta$ is the slow-roll parameter. This may provide a useful test of hybrid inflation in forthcoming CMB experiments.

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