Dr. Neil Barnaby
n.barnaby@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Research Papers

For an up-to-date list of research publications, see spires.
  1. Neil Barnaby, Jordon Moxon, Ryo Namba, Marco Peloso, Gary Shiu and Peng Zhou, ``Gravity waves and non-Gaussian features from particle production in a sector gravitationally coupled to the inflaton,'' arXiv:1206.6117.


  2. Neil Barnaby, Ryo Namba and Marco Peloso, ``Observable non-Gaussianity from gauge field production in slow roll inflation, and a challenging connection with magnetogenesis,'' Phys. Rev. D 85, 123523 (2012); arXiv:1202.1469.


  3. Neil Barnaby, Enrico Pajer and Marco Peloso, ``Gauge field production in axion inflation: consequences for monodromy, non-Gaussianity in the CMB, and gravitational waves at interferometers,'' Phys. Rev. D 85, 023535 (2012); arXiv:1110.3327.


  4. Neil Barnaby and Sarah Shandera, ``Feeding your inflaton: non-Gaussian signatures of interaction structure,'' JCAP 1201, 034 (2012); arXiv:1109.2985.


  5. Neil Barnaby, Ryo Namba and Marco Peloso, ``Phenomenology of a pseudo-scalar inflaton: naturally large nongaussianity,'' JCAP {1104}, 009 (2011); arXiv:1102.4333.


  6. Neil Barnaby, Ryo Namba and Marco Peloso, ``Phenomenology of a Pseudo-Scalar Inflaton: Naturally Large Nongaussianity,'' JCAP 1104:009, (2011); arXiv:1102.4333.


  7. Neil Barnaby and Marco Peloso, "Large nongaussianity in axion inflation," Phys. Rev. Lett. 106:181301, (2011); hep-ph/1011.1500.


  8. Neil Barnaby, "On features and nongaussianity from inflationary particle production," Phys. Rev. D 82:106009, (2010); astro-ph/1006.6415.


  9. Neil Barnaby, ``A new formulation of the initial value problem for nonlocal theories,'' Nucl. Phys. B 845, 1 (2011); arXiv:1005.2945.


  10. Neil Barnaby, Jonathan Braden and Lev Kofman, "Reheating the universe after multi-field inflation," JCAP 1007:016 (2010); hep-th/1005.2196.


  11. Neil Barnaby and Zhiqi Huang, "Particle production during inflation: observational constraints and signatures," Phys. Rev. D 80, 126018 (2009); astro-ph/0909.0751.


  12. Neil Barnaby, J. Richard Bond, Zhiqi Huang and Lev Kofman, "Preheating after modular inflation," JCAP 0912:021 (2009); hep-th/0909.0503.


  13. Neil Barnaby, Zhiqi Huang, Lev Kofman and Dmitry Pogosian, "Cosmological fluctuations from infra-red cascading during inflation," Phys. Rev. D 80, 043501 (2009); hep-th/0902.0615.


  14. Neil Barnaby, David Mulryne, Nelson Nunes and Patrick Robinson, "Dynamics and stability of light-like tachyon condensation," JHEP 0903, 018 (2009); hep-th/0811.0608.


  15. Neil Barnaby and Niky Kamran, "Dynamics with infinitely many derivatives: variable coefficient equations," JHEP 0812, 022 (2008); hep-th/0809.4513.


  16. Neil Barnaby and James M. Cline, "Predictions for nongaussianity from nonlocal inflation," JCAP 0806, 030 (2008); hep-th/0802.3218.


  17. Neil Barnaby and Niky Kamran, "Dynamics with infinitely many derivatives: the initial value problem," JHEP 0802, 008 (2008); hep-th/0709.3968.


  18. Neil Barnaby and James M. Cline, "Large nongaussianity from nonlocal inflation," JCAP 0707, 017 (2007); hep-th/0704.3426.


  19. Neil Barnaby, Tirthabir Biswas and James M. Cline, "p-adic inflation," JHEP 0704, 056 (2007); hep-th/0612230.


  20. Neil Barnaby and James M. Cline, "Nongaussianity from tachyonic preheating in hybrid inflation," Phys. Rev. D 75, 086004 (2007); astro-ph/0611750.


  21. Neil Barnaby and James M. Cline, "Nongaussian and nonscale-invariant perturbations from tachyonic preheating in hybrid inflation," Phys. Rev. D 73, 106012 (2006); astro-ph/0601481.


  22. Neil Barnaby, Aaron Berndsen, James M. Cline and Horace Stoica, "Overproduction of cosmic superstrings," JHEP 0506, 075 (2005); hep-th/0412095.


  23. Neil Barnaby, Cliff Burgess and James M. Cline, "Warped reheating in brane-antibrane inflation," JCAP 0504, 007 (2005); hep-th/0412040.


  24. Neil Barnaby, "Caustic formation in tachyon effective field theories," JHEP 0407, 025 (2004); hep-th/0406120.


  25. Neil Barnaby and James M. Cline, "Creating the universe from brane-antibrane annihilation," Phys. Rev. D 70, 023506 (2004); hep-th/0403223.


Review Articles

  1. Neil Barnaby, "Nongaussianity from Particle Production During Inflation," published in Advances in Astronomy 2010:156180; astro-ph/1010.5507.


Conference Proceedings

  1. Neil Barnaby, ``Nongaussian Features from Inflationary Particle Production,'' J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 259, 012027 (2010).


  2. Neil Barnaby, "Nonlocal inflation," Can. J. Physics, Vol. 87, iss. 3, pp. 189-194 (2008); hep-th/0811.0814. (Refereed conference proceeding for Theory Canada 4.)


  3. Neil Barnaby and James M. Cline, "Tachyon defect formation and reheating in brane-antibrane inflation," Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 19, 5455; hep-th/0410030. (Conference proceeding for MRST 2004.)


Popular Articles

  1. Neil Barnaby, "Higher derivative equations and the laws of physics," pi in the sky magazine, issue 13 (Oct. 2009).


Theses

  1. Neil Barnaby, "Cosmological Instabilities," PhD theis, McGill University, Advisor: James M. Cline. (Go here for the ProQuest listing or download the complete thesis in postscript or pdf.)

Blog Posts

  1. Neil Barnaby, "Large Nongaussianity in Axion Inflation," guest post on NEQNET.


  2. Neil Barnaby, "Cosmological fluctuations from infra-red cascading during inflation," guest post on NEQNET.