Trispectrum in Extended USR Model with Transition to SR

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Main Authors: Firouzjahi, Hassan, Nassiri-Rad, Amin
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author Firouzjahi, Hassan
Nassiri-Rad, Amin
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Nassiri-Rad, Amin
contents We study the trispectrum in a two-phase USR-SR setup of inflation in which the USR stage is extended in the initial phase of inflation while the second stage of inflation proceeds via a slow-roll phase. A key role is played by the sharpness parameter which controls how quickly the system reaches the final attractor phase after the USR stage. We employ both $δN$ and in-in formalisms and calculate trispectrum and the corresponding dimensionless parameters $g_{NL}$ and $τ_{NL}$. We show that both approaches yield the same results and study the shapes of trispectrum in various configurations. It is shown that the maximum value of trispectrum occurs in the setup with an infinitely sharp transition to the attractor phase while much of trispectrum is washed out in the opposite limit of a mild transition.
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spellingShingle Trispectrum in Extended USR Model with Transition to SR
Firouzjahi, Hassan
Nassiri-Rad, Amin
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We study the trispectrum in a two-phase USR-SR setup of inflation in which the USR stage is extended in the initial phase of inflation while the second stage of inflation proceeds via a slow-roll phase. A key role is played by the sharpness parameter which controls how quickly the system reaches the final attractor phase after the USR stage. We employ both $δN$ and in-in formalisms and calculate trispectrum and the corresponding dimensionless parameters $g_{NL}$ and $τ_{NL}$. We show that both approaches yield the same results and study the shapes of trispectrum in various configurations. It is shown that the maximum value of trispectrum occurs in the setup with an infinitely sharp transition to the attractor phase while much of trispectrum is washed out in the opposite limit of a mild transition.
title Trispectrum in Extended USR Model with Transition to SR
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09608