Non-gaussianity at tree and one-loop levels from vector field perturbations

Abstract

We study the spectrum P_ζand bispectrum B_ζof the primordial curvature perturbation ζwhen the latter is generated by scalar and vector field perturbations. The tree-level and one-loop contributions from vector field perturbations are worked out considering the possibility that the one-loop contributions may be dominant over the tree level terms (both (either) in P_ζand (or) in B_ζ) and viceversa. The level of non-gaussianity in the bispectrum, f_{NL}, is calculated and related to the level of statistical anisotropy in the power spectrum, g_ζ. For very small amounts of statistical anisotropy in the power spectrum, the level of non-gaussianity may be very high, in some cases exceeding the current observational limit.

LaTeX file, 11 pages, Main body: 8 pages, References: 3 pages. v2: Minor corrections. References added. Conclusions unchanged. v3: Minor corrections. Some references added and others updated. Version accepted for publication in Physical Review D

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