Can Nonlinear Structure Form at the Era of Decoupling?

Details Can Nonlinear Structure Form at the Era of Decoupling? Can Nonlinear Structure Form at the Era of Decoupling?

1998-04-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9804292v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To appear in MNRAS, 17 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01602.x

The effects that large scale fluctuations had on small scale isothermal modes at the epoch of recombination are analysed. We find that: (a) Albeit the fact that primordial fluctuations were at this epoch still well in the linear regime, a significant nonlinear radiation hydrodynamic interaction could have taken place. (b) Short wavelength isothermal fluctuations are unstable. Their growth rate is exponential in the amplitude of the large scale fluctuations and is therefore very sensitive to the initial conditions. (c) The observed CMBR fluctuations are of order the limit above which the effect should be significant. Thus, according to their exact value, the effect may be negligible or lead to structure formation out of isothermal fluctuations within the period of recombination. (d) If the cosmological parameters are within the prescribed regime, the effect should be detectable through induced deviations in the Planck spectrum. (e) The sensitivity of the effect to the initial conditions provides a tool to set limits on various cosmological parameters with emphasis on the type and amplitude of the primordial fluctuation spectrum. (f) Under proper conditions, the effect may be responsible for the formation of sub-globular cluster sized objects at particularly high red shifts. (g) Under certain circumstances, it can also affect horizon sized large scale structure.

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