Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 024 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
| Volume | 2012 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Dec 2012 |
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