Nagoya University · Physics and Astronomy
Professor Ryoto Inui's research lab specializes in theoretical cosmology, focusing on primordial black hole formation, scalar-induced gravitational waves (SIGWs), and non-Gaussianities in the early universe. The lab employs numerical relativity and statistical field theory to explore the interplay between inflationary dynamics, non-Gaussian curvature perturbations, and gravitational wave signatures. A central theme is the role of logarithmic non-Gaussianities—recently validated in wide classes of inflation models—in shaping PBH formation and detectable gravitational wave backgrounds. The lab also investigates high-frequency gravitational wave signals from exotic early-universe processes, such as graviton bremsstrahlung from superheavy particle production.
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Abstract We investigate the formation of primordial black hole (PBH) based on numerical relativity simulations and peak theory as well as the corresponding scalar induced gravitational wave (SIGW) signals in the presence of logarithmic non-Gaussianities which has recently been confirmed in a wide class of inflation models. Through numerical calculations, we find certain parameter spaces of the critical thresholds for the type A PBH formation and reveal a maximum critical threshold value. We also
Abstract The curvature perturbation in a model of constant-roll (CR) inflation is interpreted in view of the logarithmic duality discovered in ref. [1] according to the δN formalism. We confirm that the critical value β := φ̈ /( Hφ̇ )= -3/2 determining whether the CR condition is stable or not is understood as the point at which the dual solutions, i.e., the attractor and non-attractor solutions of the field equation, are interchanged. For the attractor-solution domination, the curvature perturb
Abstract The scalar-induced gravitational wave (SIGWs), arising from large amplitude primordial density fluctuations, provide a unique observational test for directly probing the epoch of inflation. In this work, we provide constraints on the SIGW background by taking into account the non-Gaussianity in the primordial density fluctuations, using the first three observing runs (O1-O3) data of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration. We find that the non-Gaussianity gives a non-negligible effect on the
Gravitational waves (GWs) from gravitational three-body decay (graviton bremsstrahlung process) can leave an indelible signal at ultrahigh frequencies. We focus on a scenario where superheavy particles are produced gravitationally at a transition between the inflationary and kination phases and analyze the detectability of the signal in the presence of GWs generated from the vacuum fluctuations during inflation. We find that, in many cases, GWs from the graviton bremsstrahlung are buried in the
We investigate the formation of primordial black hole (PBH) based on numerical relativity simulations and peak theory as well as the corresponding scalar induced gravitational wave (SIGW) signals in the presence of \emph{logarithmic non-Gaussianities} which has recently been confirmed in a wide class of inflation models. Through numerical calculations, we find certain parameter spaces of the critical thresholds for the type A PBH formation and reveal a maximum critical threshold value. We also f
The scalar-induced gravitational waves (SIGW), arising from large amplitude primordial density fluctuations, provide a unique observational test for directly probing the epoch of inflation. In this work, we provide constraints on the SIGW background by taking into account the non-Gaussianity in the primordial density fluctuations, using the third observing run (O3) data of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration. We find that the non-Gaussianity gives a non-negligible effect on the GW energy density
Gravitational waves (GWs) from gravitational three-body decay (graviton Bremsstrahlung process) can leave an indelible signal at ultrahigh frequencies. We focus on a scenario where superheavy particles are produced gravitationally at a transition between the inflationary and kination phases and analyze the detectability of the signal in the presence of GWs generated from the vacuum fluctuations during inflation. We find that, in many cases, GWs from the graviton Bremsstrahlung are buried in the
The curvature perturbation in a model of constant-roll (CR) inflation is interpreted in view of the logarithmic duality discovered in Ref. [1] according to the $δN$ formalism. We confirm that the critical value $β:=\ddotφ/(H\dotφ)=-3/2$ determining whether the CR condition is stable or not is understood as the point at which the dual solutions, i.e., the attractor and non-attractor solutions of the field equation, are interchanged. For the attractor-solution domination, the curvature perturbatio
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