Abstract
We show that higher-order actions for cosmological perturbations in the multi-field DBI inflation model are obtained by a Lorentz boost from the rest frame of the brane to the frame where the brane is moving. We confirm that this simple method provides the same third- And fourth- order actions at leading order in slow-roll and in the small sound speed limit as those obtained by the usual ADM formalism. As an application, we compute the leading order connected four-point function of the primordial curvature perturbation coming from the intrinsic fourth-order contact interaction in the multi-field DBI-inflation model. At third order, the interaction Hamiltonian arises purely by the boost from the second-order action in the rest frame of the brane. The boost acts on the adiabatic and entropy modes in the same way thus there exists a symmetry between the adiabatic and entropy modes. But at fourth order this symmetry is broken due to the intrinsic fourth-order action in the rest frame and the difference between the Lagrangian and the interaction Hamiltonian. Therefore, contrary to the three-point function, the momentum dependence of the purely adiabatic component and the components including the entropic contributions are different in the four-point function. This suggests that the trispectrum can distinguish the multi-field DBI-inflation model from the single field DBI inflation model.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Dev. in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories - Proc. of the MG 2009 Meeting on General Relativity |
Pages | 1231-1233 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, MG 2009 - Paris Duration: 2009 Jul 12 → 2009 Jul 18 |
Other
Other | 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, MG 2009 |
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City | Paris |
Period | 09/7/12 → 09/7/18 |
Keywords
- Inflation;String theory;Cosmology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics