Cosmic density perturbations from late decaying scalar condensations

By T. Moroi, Tomo Takahashi. 2002

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We study the cosmic density perturbations induced from fluctuation of the am- plitude of late-decaying scalar condensations (called �) in the scenario where the scalar fieldonce dominates the universe. In such a scenario, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation originates to decay products of the scalar condensa- tion and hence its anisotropy is affected by the fluctuation of �. It is shown that the present cosmic density perturbations can be dominantly induced from the primordial fluctuation of �, not from the fluctuation of the inflaton field. This scenario may change constraints on the source of the density perturbations, like inflation. In addi- tion, a correlated mixture of adiabatic and isocurvature perturbations may arise in such a scenario; possible signals in the CMB power spectrum are discussed. We also show that the simplest scenario of generating the cosmic density perturbations only from the primordial fluctuation of � (i.e., so-called "curvaton" scenario) is severely constrained by the current measurements of the CMB angular power spectrum if correlated mixture of the adiabatic and isocurvature perturbations are generated.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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