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New probes of initial state of quantum fluctuations during inflation

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Result<br />

• Although this expression looks nothing like (1–nS)P(k1)ζkL,<br />

we have verified that it leads to the known consistency<br />

relation for (i) slow-roll <strong>inflation</strong>, and (ii) power-law <strong>inflation</strong>.<br />

• But, there was a curious case – Alexei Starobinsky’s exact<br />

nS=1 model.<br />

• If the theorem holds, we should get a vanishing<br />

bispectrum in the squeezed limit.<br />

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