Perturbative region on non-Gaussian parameter space in single-field inflation

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2022/07/007zbMATH Open1506.83042arXiv2204.05202OpenAlexW4223417433WikidataQ114096391 ScholiaQ114096391MaRDI QIDQ5099355FDOQ5099355

Authors: J. Kristiano, Jun'ichi Yokoyama 

Publication date: 31 August 2022

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

Abstract: We calculate one-loop correction to the two-point functions of curvature perturbation in single-field inflation generated by cubic self-interaction. Incorporating the observed red-tilted spectrum of curvature perturbation, the relevant one-loop correction takes a finite value and inversely proportional to the spectral tilt. Requiring one-loop correction to be much smaller than the tree-level contribution leads to an upper bound on primordial non-Gaussianity. While observationally allowed region of non-Gaussian parameter space is found to be entirely included by the region, where one-loop correction is smaller than the tree-level contribution, an appreciably large region has one-loop correction larger than 1% or even 10% of the latter. If future observations conclude non-Gaussianity falls in such a region, then it would be important to incorporate higher-order corrections to the spectrum in order to achieve precise cosmology. In some extreme cases, where one-loop correction has a comparable magnitude to the tree-level contribution, it might indicate breakdown of the cosmological perturbation theory in the context of single-field inflation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.05202

zbMATH Keywords

inflationcosmological perturbation theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbations in context of PDEs (35B20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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