Curvature Perturbations Protected Against One Loop

25 Sept 2024, 16:30
16m
Seminar room 2

Seminar room 2

Cosmology & Astroparticle Physics Parallel Wednesday Cosmo 2

Speaker

Keisuke Inomata (Johns Hopkins University)

Description

We examine one-loop corrections from small-scale curvature perturbations to the superhorizon-limit ones in single-field inflation models, which have recently caused controversy. We consider the case where the Universe experiences transitions of slow-roll (SR) → intermediate period → SR. The intermediate period can be an ultra-slow-roll period or a resonant amplification period, either of which enhances small-scale curvature perturbations. We assume that the superhorizon curvature perturbations are conserved at least during each of the SR periods. Within this framework, we show that the superhorizon curvature perturbations during the first and the second SR periods coincide at one-loop level in the slow-roll limit.

Primary author

Keisuke Inomata (Johns Hopkins University)

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