Primordial non-Gaussianity in the cosmological perturbations - CBPF
Primordial non-Gaussianity in the cosmological perturbations - CBPF
Primordial non-Gaussianity in the cosmological perturbations - CBPF
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6.7.2 Small-field models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
6.7.3 Hybrid models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
IV Inflation and <strong>the</strong> <strong>cosmological</strong> <strong>perturbations</strong> 59<br />
7 Quantum fluctuations of a generic massless scalar field dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>flation 62<br />
7.1 Quantum fluctuations of a generic massless scalar field dur<strong>in</strong>g a de Sitter stage . . . 62<br />
7.2 Quantum fluctuations of a generic massive scalar field dur<strong>in</strong>g a de Sitter stage . . . 65<br />
7.3 Quantum to classical transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
7.4 The power spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
7.5 Quantum fluctuations of a generic scalar field <strong>in</strong> a quasi de Sitter stage . . . . . . . 67<br />
8 Quantum fluctuations dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>flation 69<br />
8.1 The metric fluctuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />
8.2 Perturbed aff<strong>in</strong>e connections and E<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong>’s tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
8.3 Perturbed stress energy-momentum tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
8.4 Perturbed Kle<strong>in</strong>-Gordon equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
8.5 The issue of gauge <strong>in</strong>variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78<br />
8.6 The comov<strong>in</strong>g curvature perturbation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
8.7 The curvature perturbation on spatial slices of uniform energy density . . . . . . . . 83<br />
8.8 Scalar field <strong>perturbations</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> spatially flat gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />
8.9 Comments about gauge <strong>in</strong>variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
8.10 Adiabatic and isocurvature <strong>perturbations</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
8.11 The next steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87<br />
8.12 Computation of <strong>the</strong> curvature perturbation us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> longitud<strong>in</strong>al gauge . . . . . . . 88<br />
8.13 A proof of time-<strong>in</strong>dependence of <strong>the</strong> comov<strong>in</strong>g curvature perturbation for adiabatic<br />
modes: l<strong>in</strong>ear level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91<br />
8.14 A proof of time-<strong>in</strong>dependence of <strong>the</strong> comov<strong>in</strong>g curvature perturbation for adiabatic<br />
modes: l<strong>in</strong>ear level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92<br />
8.15 A proof of time-<strong>in</strong>dependence of <strong>the</strong> comov<strong>in</strong>g curvature perturbation for adiabatic<br />
modes: all orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
9 Comov<strong>in</strong>g curvature perturbation from isocurvature perturbation 96<br />
9.1 Gauge-<strong>in</strong>variant computation of <strong>the</strong> curvature perturbation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99<br />
10 Transferr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> perturbation to radiation dur<strong>in</strong>g reheat<strong>in</strong>g 103<br />
11 The <strong>in</strong>itial conditions provided by <strong>in</strong>flation 106<br />
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