Non-Gaussian Inflationary Perturbations from the dS/CFT Correspondence

Seery, David and Lidsey, James E (2006) Non-Gaussian Inflationary Perturbations from the dS/CFT Correspondence. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2006 (6). 001.

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Abstract

We use the dS/CFT correspondence and bulk gravity to predict the form of the renormalized holographic three-point correlation function of the operator which is dual to the inflaton field perturbation during single-field, slow-roll inflation. Using Maldcaena's formulation of the correspondence, this correlator can be related to the three-point function of the curvature perturbation generated during single-field inflation, and we find exact agreement with previous bulk QFT calculations. This provides a consistency check on existing derivations of the non-Gaussianity from single-field inflation and also yields insight into the nature of the dS/CFT correspondence. As a result of our calculation, we obtain the properly renormalized dS/CFT one-point function, including boundary contributions where derivative interactions are present in the bulk. In principle, our method may be employed to derive the n-point correlators of the inflationary curvature perturbation within the context of (n-1)th-order perturbation theory, rather than nth-order theory as in conventional approaches.

Item Type: Article
Schools and Departments: School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: David Seery
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2012 19:44
Last Modified: 03 Apr 2012 09:51
URI: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/21975
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