Scalar perturbations and conformal transformation (Q1576129)
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Scalar perturbations and conformal transformation (English)
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18 January 2001
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The author writes the field equations of the Brans-Dicke theory in the Einstein and the Jordan frames, determines the background solutions for the Robertson-Walker metric and connects them by a conformal transformation. Scalar perturbations in both cases are studied. The analytical solutions under the synchronous coordinate condition cannot be connected by a conformal transformation. Under different coordinate conditions, it is shown that passing from a frame to another preserves the solution.
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minimal coupling
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nonminimal coupling
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scalar perturbations
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conformal transformations
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Robertson-Walker metrics
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