Non-Gaussian perturbations in hybrid inflation
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✦ hep-ph
astro-ph
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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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