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The trispectrum in the effective theory of inflation with Galilean symmetry

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/09/037

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inflation; non-gaussianity; cosmological perturbation theory

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  1. DOE at the University of Minnesota [DE-FG02-94ER-40823]
  2. PRIN project La Ricerca di non-Gaussianita Primordiale
  3. Cosmology Group at the University of Padova
  4. INFN, Sezion di Padova

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We calculate the trispectrum of curvature perturbations for a model of inflation endowed with Galilean symmetry at the level of the fluctuations around an FRW background. Such a model has been shown to posses desirable properties such as non-renormalization of the leading operators. The cubic curvature fluctuations of this model produce quite distinct signatures at the level of the bispectrum. Our analysis shows how this holds true at higher order in perturbations. We provide a detailed study of the trispectrum shape-functions in different configurations and a comparison with existent literature. Most notably, predictions markedly differ from their P(X, phi) counterpart in the so called equilateral trispectrum configuration.

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