Time-Scales for Nonlinear Processes in Preheating after Multifield Inflation with Nonminimal Couplings

Abstract

We have conducted extensive lattice simulations to study the post-inflation dynamics of multifield models involving nonminimal couplings. We explore the parameter dependence of preheating in these models and describe the various time-scales that control such nonlinear processes as energy transfer, re-scattering, and the approach to radiation-domination and thermalization. In the limit of large nonminimal couplings (${\xi }_I\sim 100$), we find that efficient transfer of energy from the inflaton condensate to radiative degrees of freedom, emergence of a radiation-dominated equation of state, and the onset of thermalization each consistently occur within $N_{\mathrm{reh}}\lesssim 3$ $e$-folds after the end of inflation, largely independent of the values of the other couplings in the models. The exception is the case of negative ellipticity, in which there is a misalignment between the dominant direction in field-space along which the system evolves and the larger of the nonminimal couplings ${\xi }_I$. In those cases, the field-space-driven parametric resonance is effectively shut off. More generally, the competition between the scalar fields' potential and the field-space manifold structure can yield interesting phenomena such as two-stage resonances. Despite the explosive particle production, which can lead to a quick depletion of the background energy density, the nonlinear processes do not induce any super-horizon correlations after the end of inflation in these models, which keeps predictions for CMB observables unaffected by the late-time amplification of isocurvature fluctuations. Hence the excellent agreement between primordial observables and recent observations is preserved for this class of models, even when we consider post-inflation dynamics.

32 pages (plus appendices), 17 figures. References added and minor edits to match published version

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