For Gaussian linear perturbations, a connected tree on five external density insertions has four Wick-contraction edges and therefore contains
Thus . The three unlabeled tree-level connected matter five-point function topologies correspond to the perturbative-order partitions
They are respectively an star with four leaves, an vertex joined to an vertex with three leaves, and a chain with three vertices and two endpoint vertices.
For one labeling of the last topology, let and . Its algebraic contribution is
The factor counts the interchange of the two linear legs at each symmetric vertex. The full correlator adds all distinct permutations of external labels and the overall momentum-conserving delta function.
Tree-level connected matter five-point function Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-11-05
For Gaussian initial conditions, the tree-level connected matter five-point function has perturbative-order partitions
They correspond respectively to a four-valent star, an -- tree, and a chain of three vertices. Every topology contains four linear power spectra.