Recent advances in inflation

SD Odintsov, VK Oikonomou, I Giannakoudi… - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
We review recent trends in inflationary dynamics in the context of viable modified gravity
theories. After providing a general overview of the inflationary paradigm emphasizing on …

Large-scale galaxy bias

V Desjacques, D Jeong, F Schmidt - Physics reports, 2018 - Elsevier
This review presents a comprehensive overview of galaxy bias, that is, the statistical relation
between the distribution of galaxies and matter. We focus on large scales where cosmic …

Implications for the non-Gaussianity of curvature perturbation from pulsar timing arrays

L Liu, ZC Chen, QG Huang - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The recently released data by pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations present strong
evidence for a stochastic signal consistent with a gravitational-wave background. Assuming …

Snowmass white paper: the cosmological bootstrap

D Baumann, D Green, A Joyce, E Pajer… - SciPost Physics …, 2024 - scipost.org
This white paper summarizes recent progress in the cosmological bootstrap, an approach to
the study of the statistics of primordial fluctuations from consistency with unitarity, locality and …

Planck 2018 results-X. Constraints on inflation

Y Akrami, F Arroja, M Ashdown, J Aumont… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
We report on the implications for cosmic inflation of the 2018 release of the Planck cosmic
microwave background (CMB) anisotropy measurements. The results are fully consistent …

Gravitational waves induced by non-Gaussian scalar perturbations

R Cai, S Pi, M Sasaki - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
We study gravitational waves (GWs) induced by non-Gaussian curvature perturbations. We
calculate the density parameter per logarithmic frequency interval, Ω GW (k), given that the …

Inflation: theory and observations

A Achúcarro, M Biagetti, M Braglia, G Cabass… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Cosmic inflation provides a window to the highest energy densities accessible in nature, far
beyond those achievable in any realistic terrestrial experiment. Theoretical insights into the …

Planck 2018 results. IX. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity

P Collaboration, Y Akrami, F Arroja… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - cris.unibo.it
We analyse the Planck full-mission cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and
E-mode polarization maps to obtain constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (NG). We …

Fundamental physics with the square kilometre array

A Weltman, P Bull, S Camera, K Kelley… - Publications of the …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a planned large radio interferometer designed to
operate over a wide range of frequencies, and with an order of magnitude greater sensitivity …

The quest for B modes from inflationary gravitational waves

M Kamionkowski, ED Kovetz - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The search for the curl component (B mode) in the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
polarization induced by inflationary gravitational waves is described. The canonical single …