Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Curvaton in D-brane Inflation

Dimopoulos, Konstantinos and Wills, Danielle and Zavala, Ivonne (2013) Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Curvaton in D-brane Inflation. Nuclear Physics B, 868 (1). pp. 120-155. ISSN 0550-3213

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Abstract

We investigate the possibility of embedding the vector curvaton paradigm in D-brane models of inflation in Type IIB string theory in a simple toy model. The vector curvaton is identified with the U(1) gauge field that lives on the world volume of a D3-brane, which may be stationary or undergoing general motion in the internal space. The dilaton is considered as a spectator field which modulates the evolution of the vector field. In this set up, the vector curvaton is able to generate measurable statistical anisotropy in the spectrum and bispectrum of the curvature perturbation assuming that the dilaton evolves as e^(-\phi)\propto a^2 where a(t) is the scale factor. Our work constitutes a first step towards exploring how such distinctive features may arise from the presence of several light fields that naturally appear in string theory models of cosmology.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Nuclear Physics B
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3106
Subjects:
?? d-branes, vector curvatonnuclear and high energy physics ??
ID Code:
60425
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Deposited On:
04 Dec 2012 08:52
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
15 Jul 2024 13:26