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Using symmetry considerations, we derive Ward identities which relate the three point function of scalar perturbations produced during inflation to the scalar four point function, in a particular limit. The derivation assumes approximate conformal invariance, and the conditions for the slow roll approximation, but is otherwise model independent. The Ward identities allow us to deduce that the three point function must be suppressed in general, being of the same order of magnitude as in the slow roll model. They also fix the three point function in terms of the four point function, upto one constant which we argue is generically suppressed. Our approach is based on analyzing the wave function of the universe, and the Ward identities arise by imposing the requirements of spatial and time reparametrization invariance on it.
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Kundu, N., Shukla, A. & Trivedi, S.P. Constraints from conformal symmetry on the three point scalar correlator in inflation. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 61 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2015)061
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