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Article

Publication Date

11-15-2016

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Physical Review D

Abstract

In the curvaton scenario, primordial curvature perturbations are produced by a second field that is subdominant during inflation. Depending on how the curvaton decays [possibly producing baryon number, lepton number, or cold dark matter (CDM)], mixtures of correlated isocurvature perturbations are produced, allowing the curvaton scenario to be tested using cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. Here, a full range of 27 curvaton-decay scenarios is compared with CMB data, placing limits on the curvaton fraction at decay, rD, and the lepton asymmetry, ξlep. If baryon number is generated by curvaton decay and CDM before (or vice versa), these limits imply specific predictions for non-Gaussian signatures testable by future CMB experiments and upcoming large-scale-structure surveys.

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This work is freely available courtesy of the American Physical Society.

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