Beyond perturbation theory in inflation

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2021/06/051zbMATH Open1485.83128arXiv2103.09244OpenAlexW3137032106MaRDI QIDQ5028772FDOQ5028772

Authors: Marco Celoria, Paolo Creminelli, Giovanni Tambalo, Vicharit Yingcharoenrat 

Publication date: 10 February 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Inflationary perturbations are approximately Gaussian and deviations from Gaussianity are usually calculated using in-in perturbation theory. This method, however, fails for unlikely events on the tail of the probability distribution: in this regime non-Gaussianities are important and perturbation theory breaks down for $|zeta|gtrsim|f_{mscriptscriptstyleNL}{|}^{-1}$. In this paper we show that this regime is amenable to a semiclassical treatment, $hbaro0$. In this limit the wavefunction of the Universe can be calculated in saddle-point, corresponding to a resummation of all the tree-level Witten diagrams. The saddle can be found by solving numerically the classical (Euclidean) non-linear equations of motion, with prescribed boundary conditions. We apply these ideas to a model with an inflaton self-interaction $proptolambdadotzet{a}^4$. Numerical and analytical methods show that the tail of the probability distribution of $zeta$ goes as $exp(-lambd{a}^{-1/4}zet{a}^{3/2})$, with a clear non-perturbative dependence on the coupling. Our results are relevant for the calculation of the abundance of primordial black holes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.09244

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zbMATH Keywords

inflationprimordial black holesphysics of the early universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Perturbations in context of PDEs (35B20) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Black holes (83C57) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Nonlinear higher-order PDEs (35G20) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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