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New probes of initial state of quantum fluctuations during inflation

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ζkL rescales coordinates<br />

• The long-wavelength<br />

curvature perturbation<br />

rescales the spatial<br />

coordinates (or changes the<br />

expansion factor) within a<br />

given Hubble patch:<br />

• ds 2 =–dt 2 +[a(t)] 2 e 2ζ (dx) 2<br />

ζkL<br />

left the horizon already<br />

Separated by more than H -1<br />

x1=x0e ζ1 x2=x0e ζ2<br />

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