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On classification of models of large local-type non-Gaussianity

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/12/030

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non-gaussianity; physics of the early universe; cosmological perturbation theory

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  1. Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Affairs through the Inter-University Attraction Pole [P6/11]
  2. Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, Japan [19740145, 21740187, 22340056]
  3. JSPS
  4. MEXT, Japan
  5. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19740145, 21740187] Funding Source: KAKEN

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We classify models generating large local-type non-Gaussianity into some categories by using some consistency relations among the non-linearity parameters f(NL)(local) , tau(local)(NL) and g(NL)(local) , which characterize the size of bispectrum for the former and trispectrum for the latter two. Then we discuss how one can discriminate models of large local-type non-Gaussianity with such relations. We first classify the models by using the ratio of tau(local)(NL)/( 6f(NL)(local)/5)(2), which is unity for single-source models and deviates from unity for multi-source ones. We can make a further classification of models in each category by utilizing the relation between f(NL)(local) and g(NL)(local) . Our classification suggests that observations of trispectrum would be very helpful to distinguish models of large non-Gaussianity and may reveal the generation mechanism of primordial fluctuations.

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