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Practical tools for third order cosmological perturbations

Journal Article · · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
We discuss cosmological perturbation theory at third order, deriving the gauge transformation rules for metric and matter perturbations, and constructing third order gauge invariant quantities. We present the Einstein tensor components, the evolution equations for a perfect fluid, and the Klein-Gordon equation at third order, including scalar, vector and tensor perturbations. In doing so, we also give all second order tensor components and evolution equations in full generality.
OSTI ID:
22273093
Journal Information:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 2009; ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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