Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 111101 (2008) [4 pages]

Cosmological Perturbation Theory in Slow-Roll Spacetimes

Abstract

References

Citing Articles (13)

Download: PDF (98 kB) Buy this article Export: BibTeX or EndNote (RIS)

B. Losic^1,* and W. G. Unruh^2,3,†
¹Department of Physics, P-412, Avadh Bhatia Physics Laboratory, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J1, Canada
²Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
³Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Cosmology and Gravitation Program

Received 26 April 2008; published 11 September 2008

We present a gauge-invariant argument that a nonlocal measure of second-order metric and matter perturbations dominates that of linear fluctuations in its effect on the gravitational field in “slow-rolling” spacetimes.

URL:

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.111101

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.111101

PACS:

98.80.Jk

^*blosic@phys.ualberta.ca

^†unruh@physics.ubc.ca

About | Terms and Conditions | Subscriptions | Search | Help

Use of the American Physical Society websites and journals implies that the user has read and agrees to our Terms and Conditions and any applicable Subscription Agreement. Physical Review®, Physical Review Letters®, Reviews of Modern Physics®, and Physical Review Special Topics® are trademarks of the American Physical Society.

Citation Search:

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 111101 (2008) [4 pages]

Cosmological Perturbation Theory in Slow-Roll Spacetimes