Two-point correlators revisited: Fast and slow scales in multifield models of inflation

José T.Gálvez Ghersi, Andrei V. Frolov

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Abstract

We study the structure of two-point correlators of the inflationary field fluctuations in order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the existing methods to calculate primordial spectra. We present a description motivated by the separation of the fast and slow evolving components of the spectrum which is based on Cholesky decomposition of the field correlator matrix. Our purpose is to rewrite all the relevant equations of motion in terms of slowly varying quantities. This is important in order to consider the contribution from high-frequency modes to the spectrum without affecting computational performance. The slow-roll approximation is not required to reproduce the main distinctive features in the power spectrum for each specific model of inflation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number047
JournalJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume2017
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 May 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • cosmological perturbation theory
  • ination
  • physics of the early universe
  • quantum cosmology

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