Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Jun 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982apj...257..456v&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 257, June 15, 1982, p. 456-472.
Computer Science
Sound
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Collisionless Plasmas, Cosmology, Perturbation Theory, Relativistic Particles, Relativity, Adiabatic Flow, Astronomical Models, Baryons, Neutrinos, Scalars, Sound Waves, Tensors
Scientific paper
The paper considers the evolution of cosmological perturbations in an Einstein-de Sitter universe filled with the usual perfect gas plus a relativistic collisionless gas. On scales smaller than the horizon the collisionless gas undergoes rapid phase mixing and tends to a uniform distribution. However, on larger scales the ability of the collisionless gas to support a stress leads to altered growth rates for all perturbation modes except the nondecaying tensor and scalar modes. If the fraction of the total energy contained in the collisionless gas exceeds 5/16, then all the affected modes display oscillatory behavior. Also presented are the results of a numerical integration of the evolution of adiabatic perturbations as they cross the horizon, including the effect of massless neutrinos. The sound waves that result are lowered in amplitude by approximately 20% relative to their amplitudes in a neutrino-free cosmology.
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