Inflationary Perturbations from Deformed CFT

Abstract

We present a new method to calculate the spectrum of (slow-roll) inflationary perturbations, inspired by the conjectured dS/CFT correspondence. We show how the standard result for the spectrum of inflationary perturbations can be obtained from deformed CFT correlators, whose behavior is determined by the Callan-Symanzik equation. We discuss the possible advantages of this approach and end with some comments on the role of holography in dS/CFT and its relation to the universal nature of the spectrum of inflationary perturbations.