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Phys. Rev. D 74, 101301(R) (2006) [5 pages]

Gauge-invariant formulation of second-order cosmological perturbations

Kouji Nakamura
Department of Astronomical Science, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
Rapid Received 19 May 2006; published 6 November 2006

Gauge-invariant treatments of the second-order cosmological perturbation in a four dimensional homogeneous isotropic universe filled with the perfect fluid are completely formulated without any gauge fixing. We derive all components of the Einstein equations in the case where the first order vector and tensor modes are negligible. These equations imply that the tensor and the vector mode of the second-order metric perturbations may be generated by the scalar-scalar mode coupling of the linear order perturbations as the result of the nonlinear effects of the Einstein equations.

©2006 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.74.101301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.101301
PACS: 98.80.Jk
  • 98.80.Jk
    Mathematical and relativistic aspects of cosmology
  • YEAR: 2006

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