Generation of perturbation after multi-field inflation

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We explore a new possibility that some inflaton fields in multi-field inflation models satisfy the observed value of the spectral index so that the curvature perturbation generated by them through post-inflationary dynamics may be relevant for the current observations.

• We illustrate this point using a simple and reasonable multi-field chaotic inflation model motivated from string theory.
• Possible non-Gaussianity and the tensor-to-scalar ratio are briefly addressed.