Generating the Primordial Curvature Perturbation from Inflation A
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The scale–independence of the primordial curvature perturbation suggests that it comes from the vacuum fluctuation during inflation of a light scalar field. This field may be the inflaton, or a different ‘curvaton’ field. The observation of primordial non–gaussianity would be a smoking gun for the curvaton model, while the observation of gravitational waves originating during slow–roll inflation would rule out the model.
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Generating the primordial curvature perturbation from inflation
The scale–independence of the primordial curvature perturbation suggests that it comes from the vacuum fluctuation during inflation of a light scalar field. This field may be the inflaton, or a different ‘curvaton’ field. The observation of primordial non–gaussianity would be a smoking gun for the curvaton model, while the observation of gravitational waves originating during slow–roll inflatio...
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