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On Second-order Perturbation Theories of Gravitational Instability in Friedmann-Lemaitre Models

Astrophysics 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

The Eulerian and Lagrangian second-order perturbation theories are solved explicitly in closed forms in Ω1\Omega \neq 1 and Λ0\Lambda \neq 0 {}Friedmann-Lema\^{\i}tre models. I explicitly write the second-order theories in terms of closed one-dimensional integrals. In cosmologically interested cases (Λ=0\Lambda = 0 or Ω+λ=1\Omega + \lambda = 1), they reduce to elementary functions or hypergeometric functions. For arbitrary Ω\Omega and Λ\Lambda, I present accurate fitting formula which are sufficient in practice for the observational cosmology. It is reconfirmed for generic Ω\Omega and Λ\Lambda of interest that second-order effect only weakly depends on these parameters.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9510137,
  title  = {On Second-order Perturbation Theories of Gravitational Instability in Friedmann-Lemaitre Models},
  author = {Takahiko Matsubara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9510137},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, LaTeX, to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physics (Letters)