Scalar perturbations and conformal transformation (Q1576129)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1495617
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    Scalar perturbations and conformal transformation
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1495617

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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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