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Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1624–1627 (1997)

Backreaction Problem for Cosmological Perturbations

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V. F. Mukhanov1, L. Raul W. Abramo2, and Robert H. Brandenberger2
1Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
2Physics Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912

Received 10 September 1996; published in the issue dated 3 March 1997

We derive the effective energy-momentum tensor for cosmological perturbations and prove its gauge invariance. The result is applied to study the influence of perturbations on the behavior of the Friedmann background in inflationary universe scenarios. We found that the back reaction of cosmological perturbations on the background can become important already at energies below the self-reproduction scale.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1624
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1624
PACS:
98.80.Cq