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Cosmological perturbations in a generalized gravity including tachyonic condensation
We present unified ways of handling the cosmological perturbations in a class
of gravity theory covered by a general action in eq. (1). This gravity includes
our previous generalized gravity and the gravity theory motivated
by the tachyonic condensation. We present general prescription to derive the
power spectra generated from vacuum quantum fluctuations in the slow-roll
inflation era. An application is made to a slow-roll inflation based on the
tachyonic condensation with an exponential potential.Comment: 5 page
Why Newton's gravity is practically reliable in the large-scale cosmological simulations
Until now, it has been common to use Newton's gravity to study the non-linear
clustering properties of the large-scale structures. Without confirmation from
Einstein's theory, however, it has been unclear whether we can rely on the
analysis, for example, near the horizon scale. In this work we will provide a
confirmation of using Newton's gravity in cosmology based on relativistic
analysis of weakly non-linear situations to the third order in perturbations.
We will show that, except for the gravitational wave contribution, the
relativistic zero-pressure fluid equations perturbed to the second order in a
flat Friedmann background coincide exactly with the Newtonian results. We will
also present the pure relativistic correction terms appearing in the third
order. The third-order correction terms show that these are the linear-order
curvature perturbation strength higher than the second-order
relativistic/Newtonian terms. Thus, the pure general relativistic corrections
in the third order are independent of the horizon scale and are small in the
large-scale due to the low-level temperature anisotropy of the cosmic microwave
background radiation. Since we include the cosmological constant, our results
are relevant to currently favoured cosmology. As we prove that the Newtonian
hydrodynamic equations are valid in all cosmological scales to the second
order, and that the third-order correction terms are small, our result has a
practically important implication that one can now use the large-scale
Newtonian numerical simulation more reliably as the simulation scale approaches
and even goes beyond the horizon.Comment: 8 pages, no figur
Cosmological Vorticity in a Gravity with Quadratic Order Curvature Couplings
We analyse the evolution of the rotational type cosmological perturbation in
a gravity with general quadratic order gravitational coupling terms. The result
is expressed independently of the generalized nature of the gravity theory, and
is simply interpreted as a conservation of the angular momentum.Comment: 5 pages, revtex, no figure
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