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A non-linear approximation for perturbations in \Lambda CDM

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-03-20 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We describe inhomogeneities in a {\Lambda}CDM universe with a gradient series expansion and show that it describes the gravitational evolution far into the non-linear regime and beyond the capacity of standard perturbation theory at any order. We compare the gradient expansion with exact inhomogeneous {\Lambda}LTB solutions (Lema\^itre-Tolman-Bondi metric with the inclusion of a cosmological constant) describing growing structure in a {\Lambda}CDM universe and find that the expansion approximates the exact solution well, following the collapse of an over-density all the way into a singularity.

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@article{arxiv.1203.2796,
  title  = {A non-linear approximation for perturbations in \Lambda CDM},
  author = {Gerasimos Rigopoulos and Wessel Valkenburg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.2796},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures, matches published version

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