Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2001-03-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
poster at Symposium "The Dark Universe: Matter, Energy, and Gravity" 2 - 5 April 2001, Space Telescope Science Institute, Balt
Scientific paper
A gauge-independent, invariant theory of linear scalar perturbations of inflation and gravitational fields has been created. This invariant theory allows one to compare gauges used in the work of other researchers and to find the unambiguous criteria to separate the physical and coordinate effects. It is shown, in particular, that the so-called longitudial gauge, commonly used when considering inflation instability, leads to a fundamental overestimation of the effect because of non-physical perturbations of the proper time in the frame of reference specified by this gauge. Back reaction theories employing this sort of gauge [1] also involve coordinate effects. The invariant theory created here shows that the classical Lifshitz (1946) [2] gauge does not lead to non-physical perturbations of the proper time and can be used to analyze the inflation regime and the back reaction of perturbations on this regime properly. The first theory of back reaction on background of all types of perturbations (scalar, vector and tensor) based on this gauge was published in 1975 [3] and has been applied recently to the inflation [4]. The investigation of long-length perturbations, which characterize the stability of the inflationary process, and quantum fluctuations, which form the Harrison-Zel'dovich spectrum at the end of inflation, is performed in the invariant form. The invariant theory proposed allows one to examine the effect of quantum fluctuations on the inflationary stage when the periodic regime changes to an aperiodic one. That only the invariant theory must be used to analyze space experiments is one of the conclusions of the present work.
Lalakulich Olga
Marochnik Leonid
Vereshkov Gregory
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