Non-Gaussianities in New Ekpyrotic Cosmology

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Buchbinder, Evgeny I.
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The new ekpyrotic model is an alternative scenario of the early Universe which relies on a phase of slow contraction before the big bang. We calculate the 3-point and 4-point correlation functions of primordial density perturbations and find a generically large non-Gaussian signal, just below the current sensitivity level of cosmic microwave background experiments. This is in contrast with slow-roll inflation, which predicts negligible non-Gaussianity. The model is also distinguishable from alternative inflationary scenarios that can yield large non-Gaussianity, such as Dirac-Born-Infeld inflation and the simplest curvatonlike models, through the shape dependence of the correlation functions. Non-Gaussianity therefore provides a distinguishing and testable prediction of New Ekpyrotic Cosmology.

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2008-05-02
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Suggested Citation: E.I. Buchbinder, J. Khoury and B.A. Ovrut. (2008). "Non-Gaussianities in New Ekpyrotic Cosmology." Physical Review Letters. 100, 171302. © 2008 The American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.171302
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