DBI in the sky: Non-Gaussianity from inflation with a speed limit

Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences · Stanford University · +1 more institution

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Abstract

We analyze the spectrum of density perturbations generated in models of the recently discovered ``D-cceleration'' mechanism of inflation. In this scenario, strong coupling quantum field theoretic effects sum to provide a Dirac-Born-Infeld--like action for the inflaton. We show that the model has a strict lower bound on the non-Gaussianity of the cosmic microwave background radiation power spectrum at an observable level, and is thus falsifiable. This, in particular, observationally distinguishes this mechanism from traditional slow-roll inflation generated by weakly interacting scalar fields. The model also favors a large observable tensor component to the cosmic microwave background radiation spectrum.

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Keywords
  • Cosmic microwave background
  • Inflaton
  • Physics
  • Observable
  • Non-Gaussianity
  • Inflation (cosmology)
  • Cosmic background radiation
  • Spectral density
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