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Gauge invariance of scalar perturbations is studied together with the associated equations of motion. Extending methods developed in the framework of hamiltonian General Relativity, the Hamilton-Jacobi equation is investigated into the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-11-01 Thomas Cailleteau , Aurelien Barrau

We show that if the Lagrangean for a scalar field coupled to General Relativity only contains derivatives, then it is possible to completely deparametrise the theory. This means that 1.Physical observables, i.e. functions which Poisson…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas Thiemann

The focus of the thesis is to obtain a universal formalism to evaluate the perturbations during inflation at all orders that can be applied to any theory of gravity and matter source in the early universe. We first look at the equivalence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-10 Debottam Nandi

We consider instability of the Friedmann world model to the second-order in perturbations. We present the perturbed set of equations up to the second-order in the Friedmann background world model with general spatial curvature and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Noh , J. Hwang

We investigate the large scale cosmological perturbation in the Universe with multiple perfect fluids. Using the long-wavelength approximation with Hamilton-Jacobi method, we derive the formula for the gauge invariant comoving curvature…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Yasusada Nambu , Shin-ichi Ohokata

Using Hamilton-Jacobi theory, we develop a formalism for solving semi-classical cosmological perturbations which does not require an explicit choice of time-hypersurface. The Hamilton-Jacobi equation for gravity interacting with matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-01 D. S. Salopek , J. M. Stewart

In this paper we give five gauge-invariant systems of governing equations for first and second order scalar perturbations of flat Friedmann-Lema\^{i}tre universes that are minimal in the sense that they contain no redundant equations or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-23 Claes Uggla , John Wainwright

Using the tool of Hodge-Morrey decomposition of forms, we prove a new decomposition of symmetric rank-2 tensors on Ricci flat manifolds with boundary. Using this we reconstruct a new cosmological perturbation theory that allows for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-16 Emine Şeyma Kutluk

The linear cosmological perturbation theory of an almost homogeneous and isotropic perfect fluid universe is reconsidered and formally simplified by introducing new covariant and gauge-invariant variables with physical interpretations on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-19 Winfried Zimdahl

A novel routine to investigate the scalar fields in a cosmological context is discussed in the framework of the Hamiltonian formalism. Starting from the Einstein-Hilbert action coupled to a Lagrangian density that contains two components -…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-16 Alex E. Bernardini , O. Bertolami

The second order perturbations in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe filled with a perfect fluid are completely formulated in the gauge invariant manner without any gauge fixing. All components of the Einstein equations are derived…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Kouji Nakamura

We present general relativistic correction terms appearing in Newton's gravity to the second-order perturbations of cosmological fluids. In our previous work we have shown that to the second-order perturbations, the density and velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 J. Hwang , H. Noh

The Legendre transformation on singular Lagrangians, e.g. Lagrangians representing gauge theories, fails due to the presence of constraints. The Faddeev-Jackiw technique, which offers an alternative to that of Dirac, is a symplectic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-23 C. Prescod-Weinstein , Edmund Bertschinger

Cosmological perturbation equations are derived systematically in a canonical scheme based on Ashtekar variables. A comparison with the covariant derivation and various subtleties in the calculation and choice of gauges are pointed out.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Martin Bojowald , Hector H. Hernández , Mikhail Kagan , Parampreet Singh , Aureliano Skirzewski

We study cosmological perturbation theory with scalar field and pressureless dust in the Hamiltonian formulation, with the dust field chosen as a matter-time gauge. The corresponding canonical action describes the dynamics of the scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-04 Viqar Husain , Mustafa Saeed

We study the scalar modes of linear perturbations in loop quantum cosmology. This is done on a lattice where each cell is taken to be homogeneous and isotropic and can be quantized via standard homogeneous loop quantum cosmology techniques.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-05 Edward Wilson-Ewing

In this work, we present a consistent Hamiltonian analysis of cosmological perturbations for generalized non-canonical scalar fields. In order to do so, we introduce a new phase-space variable that is uniquely defined for different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-06 Debottam Nandi , S. Shankaranarayanan

The linear cosmological perturbation theory of almost homogeneous and isotropic perfect fluid and scalar field universes is reconsidered and formally simplified. Using the existence of a covariant conserved quantity on large perturbation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Winfried Zimdahl

It is well known that couplings occur among the scalar-, vector-, and tensor-type perturbations of Friedmann world model in the second perturbational order. Here, we prove that, except for the gravitational wave contribution, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Noh , J. Hwang

The Lorentzian Hamiltonian constraint is solved for isotropic loop quantum cosmology coupled to a massless scalar field. As in the Euclidean case, the discreteness of quantum geometry removes the classical singularity from the quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Franz Hinterleitner , Seth Major