TY - JOUR
T1 - Curvaton and the inhomogeneous end of inflation
AU - Assadullahi, Hooshyar
AU - Firouzjahi, Hassan
AU - Namjoo, Mohammad Hossein
AU - Wands, David
PY - 2012/12/18
Y1 - 2012/12/18
N2 - We study the primordial density perturbations and non-Gaussianities generated from the combined effects of an inhomogeneous end of inflation and curvaton decay in hybrid inflation. This dual role is played by a single isocurvature field which is massless during inflation but acquire a mass at the end of inflation via the waterfall phase transition. We calculate the resulting primordial non-Gaussianity characterized by the non-linearity parameter, fNL, recovering the usual end-of-inflation result when the field decays promptly and the usual curvaton result if the field decays sufficiently late.
AB - We study the primordial density perturbations and non-Gaussianities generated from the combined effects of an inhomogeneous end of inflation and curvaton decay in hybrid inflation. This dual role is played by a single isocurvature field which is massless during inflation but acquire a mass at the end of inflation via the waterfall phase transition. We calculate the resulting primordial non-Gaussianity characterized by the non-linearity parameter, fNL, recovering the usual end-of-inflation result when the field decays promptly and the usual curvaton result if the field decays sufficiently late.
U2 - 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/12/024
DO - 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/12/024
M3 - Article
SN - 1475-7516
VL - 2012
SP - 024
JO - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
JF - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
IS - 12
ER -