1204.0763 (Suratna Das)

Effects of Radiation on Primordial Non-Gaussianity    [PDF]

Suratna Das

We study the non-Gaussian features in single-field slow-roll inflationary scenario where inflation is preceded by a radiation era. In such a scenario both bispectrum and trispectrum non-Gaussianities are enhanced. Interestingly, the trispectrum in this scenario does not depend up on the slow-roll parameters and thus $\tau_{NL}$ is larger than $f_{NL}$ which can be a signature of such a pre-inflationary radiation era.

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