Shift-symmetric orbital inflation: Single field or multifield?
| Autor: | Edmund J. Copeland, Ana Achúcarro, Yvette Welling, Dong-Gang Wang, Gonzalo A. Palma, Oksana Iarygina |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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High Energy Physics - Theory
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) FOS: Physical sciences Perturbation (astronomy) Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics isocurvature: perturbation Curvature 01 natural sciences Spectral line isometry inflaton: trajectory 0103 physical sciences Attractor model [inflation] primordial [perturbation] ddc:530 numerical calculations 010306 general physics Physics perturbation: primordial 010308 nuclear & particles physics Observable suppression Inflaton inflation: model Classical mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) curvature perturbation [isocurvature] non-Gaussianity perturbation: spectrum spectrum [perturbation] trajectory [inflaton] Phenomenology (particle physics) Scalar field Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Physical Review D Report No.: DESY-19-015 Physical review / D 102(2), 021302 (2020). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.021302 |
| ISSN: | 2470-0029 2470-0010 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/physrevd.102.021302 |
| Popis: | Physical review / D D 102(2), 021302 (2020). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.021302 We present a new class of two-field inflationary attractor models, known as shift-symmetric orbital inflation, whose behavior is strongly multifield but whose predictions are remarkably close to those of single-field inflation. In these models, the field space metric and potential are such that the inflaton trajectory is along an “angular” isometry direction whose “radius” is constant but arbitrary. As a result, the radial (isocurvature) perturbations away from the trajectory are exactly massless and they freeze on superhorizon scales. These models are the first exact realization of the “ultra-light isocurvature” scenario, previously described in the literature, where a combined shift symmetry emerges between the curvature and isocurvature perturbations and results in primordial perturbation spectra that are entirely consistent with current observations. Due to the turning trajectory, the radial perturbation sources the tangential (curvature) perturbation and makes it grow linearly in time. As a result, only one degree of freedom (i.e., the one from isocurvature modes) is responsible for the primordial observables at the end of inflation, which yields the same phenomenology as in single-field inflation. In particular, isocurvature perturbations and local non-Gaussianity are highly suppressed here, even if the inflationary dynamics is truly multifield. We comment on the generalization to models with more than two fields. Published by Inst.302363, Melville, NY |
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