We discuss new mechanisms to produce primordial cosmological fluctuations
from inflation, related to theories with extra dimensions.
One is based on the fluctuations of the coupling constants after inflation,
which generate modulated cosmological perturbations.
Another one is related to the induced metric fluctuations
in braneworld inflation. We also discuss the tachyonic
instability of inflating braneworlds.
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