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Tachyon Mediated Non-Gaussianity

Leblond, L. (2008). Tachyon Mediated Non-Gaussianity. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/08120036

Louis Leblond Pennsylvania State University

Talk numberPIRSA:08120036
DOI10.48660/08120036
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Abstract

I will discuss the various sources of non-Gaussianity (NG) in a class of multi-field models of inflation. I will show that there is both an intrinsic and a local contribution to the NG although they both have the same shape. It is also possible in this class of models that the dominant part to the 3-pt function comes from loop diagrams. These models are of the hybrid type and while they occur naturally in string theory, the conditions for the NG to be important are not generic.