The Power Spectrum for a Multi-Component Inflaton to Second-Order Corrections in the Slow-Roll Expansion
Abstract
We derive the power spectrum P(k) of the density perturbations produced during inflation up to second-order corrections in the standard slow-roll approximation for an inflaton with more than one degree of freedom. We also present the spectral index n up to first-order corrections including previously missing terms, and the running dn/d k to leading order.
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