Cosmological perturbations of unimodular gravity and general relativity are identical

DOI10.1007/s10714-016-2116-4zbMath1380.83190arXiv1511.01805OpenAlexW3103464666MaRDI QIDQ682427

S. Shankaranarayanan, Abhishek Basak, Ophélia Fabre

Publication date: 2 February 2018

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.01805

zbMATH Keywords

inflationCMBcosmological perturbation theoryunimodular gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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Uses Software

• Cadabra

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