Squeezed tensor non-Gaussianity in non-attractor inflation

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作者
Ozsoy, Ogan [1 ]
Mylova, Maria [1 ]
Parameswaran, Susha [2 ]
Powell, Cari [1 ]
Tasinato, Gianmassimo [1 ]
Zavala, Ivonne [1 ]
机构
[1] Swansea Univ, Phys Dept, Swansea SA2 8PP, W Glam, Wales
[2] Univ Liverpool, Dept Math Sci, Liverpool L69 7ZL, Merseyside, England
关键词
cosmological perturbation theory; gravitational waves / theory; inflation; physics of the early universe; PRIMORDIAL BLACK-HOLES; PERTURBATIONS;
D O I
10.1088/1475-7516/2019/09/036
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We investigate primordial tensor non-Gaussianity in single field inflation, during a phase of non-attractor evolution when the spectrum of primordial tensor modes can be enhanced to a level detectable at interferometer scales. Making use of a tensor duality we introduced in [1], we analytically compute the full bispectrum of primordial tensor fluctuations during the non-attractor era. During this epoch the shape of the tensor bispectrum is enhanced in the squeezed limit, its amplitude can be amplified with respect to slow-roll models, and tensor non-Gaussianity can exhibit a scale dependence distinctive of our set-up. We prove that our results do not depend on the frame used for the calculations. Squeezed tensor non-Gaussianity induces a characteristic quadrupolar anisotropy on the power spectrum of the stochastic background of primordial tensor perturbations. As a step to make contact with gravitational wave experiments, we discuss the response function of a ground based Michelson interferometer to a gravitational wave background with such a feature.
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