Gauge-invariant perturbations of varying-alpha cosmologies

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/11/307MaRDI QIDQ4407003zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors John D. Barrow, D. F. Mota

Publication date 10 December 2003

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0212032

zbMATH Keywords

fine structure constantgauge-invariant perturbationvarying-alpha cosmologies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: Using a gauge-invariant formalism we derive and solve the perturbed cosmological equations for the BSBM theory of varying fine structure 'constant'. We calculate the time evolution of inhomogeneous perturbations of the fine structure constant, $fracdeltaalphaalpha$ on small and large scales with respect to the Hubble radius. In a radiation-dominated universe small inhomogeneities in $alpha$ will decrease on large scales but on scales smaller than the Hubble radius they will undergo stable oscillations. In a dust-dominated universe small inhomogeneous perturbations in $alpha$ will become constant on large scales and on small scales they will increase as $t^{2/3}$, and $fracdeltaalphaalpha$ will track $\mathrm{\%}fracdeltah{o}_{m}h{o}_m$ . If the expansion accelerates, as in the case of a $Lambda$ or quintessence-dominated phase, inhomogeneities in $alpha$ will decrease on both large and small scales. The amplitude of perturbations in $alpha$ will be much smaller than that of matter or radiation perturbations. We also present a numerical study of the non-linear evolution of spherical inhomogeneities in radiation and dust universes by means of a comparison between the evolution of flat and closed Friedmann models with time-varying $alpha.$Various limitations of these simple models are also discussed.

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