CppTransport: a platform to automate calculation of inflationary correlation functions

Abstract

CppTransport is a numerical platform that can automatically generate and solve the evolution equations for the 2- and 3-point correlation functions (in field space and for the curvature perturbation) for any inflationary model with canonical kinetic terms. It makes no approximations beyond the applicability of tree-level perturbation theory. Given an input Lagrangian, CppTransport performs symbolic calculations to determine the 'Feynman rules' of the model and generates efficient C++ to integrate the correlation functions of interest. It includes a visualization suite that automates extraction of observable quantities from the raw n-point functions and generates high quality plots with minimal manual intervention. It is intended to be used as a collaborative platform, promoting the rapid investigation of models and systematizing their comparison with observation. This guide describes how to install and use the system, and illustrates its use through some simple examples.