1303.6628 (Noemi Frusciante et al.)

Gradient expansion of superhorizon perturbations in Galileon inflation    [PDF]

Noemi Frusciante, Shuang-Yong Zhou, Thomas P. Sotiriou

We develop the gradient expansion formalism for shift-symmetric Galileon-type actions. We focus on backgrounds that undergo Galileon inflation, work in the synchronous gauge, and obtain a general solution up to second order without imposing extra conditions at first order. The solution simplifies during the late stages of Galileon inflation. We also define a curvature perturbation conserved up to first order.

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