Non-Gaussianities in two-field inflation

Abstract

We study the bispectrum of the curvature perturbation on uniform energy density hypersurfaces in models of inflation with two scalar fields evolving simultaneously. In the case of a separable potential, it is possible to compute the curvature perturbation up to second order in the perturbations, generated on large scales due to the presence of non-adiabatic perturbations, by employing the $\delta N$-formalism, in the slow-roll approximation. In this case, we provide an analytic formula for the nonlinear parameter $f_{NL}$. We apply this formula to double inflation with two massive fields, showing that it does not generate significant non-Gaussianity; the nonlinear parameter at the end of inflation is slow-roll suppressed. Finally, we develop a numerical method for generic two-field models of inflation, which allows us to go beyond the slow-roll approximation and confirms our analytic results for double inflation.

29 pages, 6 figures. v2, comparison with previous estimates. v3, JCAP version; Revisions based on Referee's comment, corrected typos, added few eqs and refs, conclusions unchanged

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