Scalar-induced gravitational waves with non-Gaussianity up to all orders

19 Oct 2025, 15:20
20m
Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor, Building 7, "Eoc·Economy" Senior Talent Hub(两山高层次人才集聚区-7号楼3层报告中心)

Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor, Building 7, "Eoc·Economy" Senior Talent Hub(两山高层次人才集聚区-7号楼3层报告中心)

Speaker

Xiang-Xi Zeng (ITP, CAS)

Description

Scalar-induced gravitational waves (SIGWs) are ubiquitous in many early-Universe processes accompanied by non-Gaussianity; hence, precise calculations of SIGWs involve a full understanding of non-Gaussianity. In this Letter, we propose to use the lattice simulations to directly calculate the energy density spectra of SIGWs with non-Gaussianity up to all orders. Our proposal has been first verified to match the existing semi-analytical results with non-Gaussianity, and then applied to more general cases, including high-order primordial non-Gaussianities, the logarithmic dependence in curvature perturbations, the curvaton model, and the ultra slow-roll model. We find that even a modest non-Gaussianity can significantly alter ultraviolet behaviors in SIGW spectra, necessitating special cautions in future detections as well as mutual constraints on/from primordial black holes.

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