Non-Gaussianity in DHOST inflation
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2022
- Volume
- 2022
- Issue
- 01
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2022/01/026
- Source
- ioppublishing
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Abstract
DHOST inflation models where deviations from a pure de Sitter background are induced by an axion-like potential can lead to large non-Gaussianities. We investigate the nature of non-Gaussianities in these models and compare to the results given by the Planck experiment. The overlap between the DHOST non-Gaussianities and the equilateral, orthogonal and local templates can be rendered arbitrarily small. On the other hand, this does not preclude DHOST models from showing large non-Gaussianities as exemplified by their reduced bispectrum. As a result, they could be probed by future experiments and also by a more thorough analysis of the existing Planck data.