Anisotropic separate universe and Weinberg's adiabatic mode
Abstract
In the separate universe approach, an inhomogeneous universe is rephrased as a set of glued numerous homogeneous local patches. This is the essence of the gradient expansion and the formalism, which have been widely used in solving a long wavelength evolution of the universe. In this paper, we show that the separate universe approach can be generically used, as long as a theory under consideration is local and preserves the spatial diffeomorphism invariance. Focusing on these two conditions, we also clarify the condition for the existence of the so-called Weinberg's adiabatic mode. Remarkably, the separate universe approach and the formalism turn out to be applicable also to models with shear on large scales and also to modified theories of gravity, accepting violation of four-dimensional diffeomorphism invariance. The generalized formalism enables us to calculate all the large scale fluctuations, including gravitational waves. We also argue several implications on anisotropic inflation and ultra slow-roll inflation.
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@article{arxiv.2101.05707,
title = {Anisotropic separate universe and Weinberg's adiabatic mode},
author = {Takahiro Tanaka and Yuko Urakawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.05707},
year = {2021}
}
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48 pages, 1 figure