Primordial trispectrum (source code)

= Primordial trispectrum
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The primordial trispectrum is the connected four-point function with its momentum-conserving delta function removed. Exchange diagrams split naturally into $s$, $t$, and $u$ channels according to which pair of external momenta meets at one cubic vertex.

A <trispectrum> is a Fourier-space connected fourth-order statistic; this entry applies it to primordial cosmological perturbations.