Anisotropic separate universe and Weinberg's adiabatic mode

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Abstract: In the separate universe approach, an inhomogeneous universe is rephrased as a set of glued numerous homogeneous local patches. This is the essence of the gradient expansion and the deltaN formalism, which have been widely used in solving a long wavelength evolution of the universe. In this paper, we show that the separate universe approach can be generically used, as long as a theory under consideration is local and preserves the spatial diffeomorphism invariance. Focusing on these two conditions, we also clarify the condition for the existence of the so-called Weinberg's adiabatic mode. Remarkably, the separate universe approach and the deltaN formalism turn out to be applicable also to models with shear on large scales and also to modified theories of gravity, accepting violation of four-dimensional diffeomorphism invariance. The generalized deltaN formalism enables us to calculate all the large scale fluctuations, including gravitational waves. We also argue several implications on anisotropic inflation and ultra slow-roll inflation.




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