Quantization of perturbations during inflation in the 1+3 covariant formalism
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-11-26 v2 Astrophysics
Abstract
This note derives the analogue of the Mukhanov-Sasaki variables both for scalar and tensor perturbations in the 1+3 covariant formalism. The possibility of generalizing them to non-flat Friedmann-Lemaitre universes is discussed.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0701121,
title = {Quantization of perturbations during inflation in the 1+3 covariant formalism},
author = {Cyril Pitrou and Jean-Philippe Uzan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0701121},
year = {2008}
}
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4 pages: v2 has minor changes to match published version