Phys. Rev. D 67, 121301(R) (2003) [5 pages]Inflationary models inducing non-Gaussian metric fluctuations
We construct explicit models of multifield inflation in which the primordial metric fluctuations do not necessarily obey Gaussian statistics. These models are realizations of mechanisms in which non-Gaussianity is first generated by a light scalar field and then transferred into curvature fluctuations. The probability distribution functions of the metric perturbation at the end of inflation are computed. This provides a guideline for designing strategies to search for non-Gaussian signals in future CMB and large scale structure surveys. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.121301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.121301
PACS:
98.80.Cq
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