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Large non-Gaussianity in multiple-field inflation

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arxiv astro-ph/0506704 v4 pith:I67M25BB submitted 2005-06-28 astro-ph

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We investigate non-Gaussianity in general multiple-field inflation using the formalism we developed in earlier papers. We use a perturbative expansion of the non-linear equations to calculate the three-point correlator of the curvature perturbation analytically. We derive a general expression that involves only a time integral over background and linear perturbation quantities. We work out this expression explicitly for the two-field slow-roll case, and find that non-Gaussianity can be orders of magnitude larger than in the single-field case. In particular, the bispectrum divided by the square of the power spectrum can easily be of O(1-10), depending on the model. Our result also shows the explicit momentum dependence of the bispectrum. This conclusion of large non-Gaussianity is confirmed in a semi-analytic slow-roll investigation of a simple quadratic two-field model.

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