Conservation of the nonlinear curvature perturbation in generic single-field inflation

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/7/072001zbMATH Open1213.83154arXiv1101.3180OpenAlexW3103881010MaRDI QIDQ2999446FDOQ2999446

Authors: Atsushi Naruko, Misao Sasaki 

Publication date: 13 May 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is known that the curvature perturbation on uniform energy density (or comoving or uniform Hubble) slices on superhorizon scales is conserved to full nonlinear order if the pressure is only a function of the energy density (ie, if the perturbation is purely adiabatic), independent of the gravitational theory. Here we explicitly show that the same conservation holds for a universe dominated by a single scalar field provided that the field is in an attractor regime, for a very general class of scalar field theories. However, we also show that if the scalar field equation contains a second time derivative of the metric, as in the case of the Galileon theory, one has to invoke the gravitational field equations to show the conservation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.3180

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25)

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