Cosmic microwave background and parametric resonance in reheating
Abstract
The variation of the perturbative 3-curvature parameter, ζ, is investigated in the period of reheating after inflation. The two-field model used has the inflaton, with an extra scalar field coupled to it, and non-linear effects of both fields are included as well as a slow decay mechanism into the hydrodynamic fluid of the radiation era. Changes in ζ occur and persist into the succeeding cosmic eras to influence the generation of the cosmic microwave background fluctuations.
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