Two-parameter non-linear spacetime perturbations: gauge transformations and gauge invariance

Details Two-parameter non-linear spacetime perturbations: gauge transformations and gauge invariance Two-parameter non-linear spacetime perturbations: gauge transformations and gauge invariance

2002-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0207105v3

Class.Quant.Grav. 20 (2003) 535-556

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

22 pages, 3 figures. Minor changes to match the version appeared in Classical and Quantum Gravity

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An implicit fundamental assumption in relativistic perturbation theory is that there exists a parametric family of spacetimes that can be Taylor expanded around a background. The choice of the latter is crucial to obtain a manageable theory, so that it is sometime convenient to construct a perturbative formalism based on two (or more) parameters. The study of perturbations of rotating stars is a good example: in this case one can treat the stationary axisymmetric star using a slow rotation approximation (expansion in the angular velocity Omega), so that the background is spherical. Generic perturbations of the rotating star (say parametrized by lambda) are then built on top of the axisymmetric perturbations in Omega. Clearly, any interesting physics requires non-linear perturbations, as at least terms lambda Omega need to be considered. In this paper we analyse the gauge dependence of non-linear perturbations depending on two parameters, derive explicit higher order gauge transformation rules, and define gauge invariance. The formalism is completely general and can be used in different applications of general relativity or any other spacetime theory.

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