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Cosmological perturbations on an averaged background

Marco Galoppo , Pierre Mourier This is my paper

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keywords cosmological backreactionspatial averaginglinear perturbationseffective fluidstructure growthirrotational dustaveraged cosmologygauge-invariant
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Backreaction from averaged cosmic inhomogeneities modifies the equations for linear structure growth.

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The paper develops a method to study linear perturbations on a background that already incorporates the averaged effects of nonlinear inhomogeneities in relativistic cosmology. It treats backreaction and dynamical curvature as an effective fluid with pressure added to the averaged dust, then derives the evolution equations for perturbations around this effective background. The remaining freedom is fixed by choosing how the effective fluid itself perturbs, with two physically motivated options examined. When the formalism is applied to averaged models that match current background observations, the backreaction terms prove necessary for correct linear growth rates. A sympathetic reader would care because these rates determine the predicted abundance and clustering of galaxies and clusters in large-scale surveys.

Core claim

In irrotational dust spacetimes the effects of backreaction and nontrivial dynamical curvature on average dynamics are formulated as an effective perfect fluid with pressure. An effective background driven by both the averaged dust density and this emergent fluid is introduced, and the general evolution equations for linear perturbations of the system are derived. The residual freedom amounts to specifying the properties of the effective-fluid perturbations as a closure condition; two physically motivated choices are analyzed, and the conditions under which the coupling to linear structure growth can be neglected are clarified. Application to four averaged cosmological models from theliter,3

What carries the argument

The effective perfect fluid with pressure that encodes backreaction and dynamical curvature, whose perturbation properties are fixed by a closure condition to close the linear evolution equations on the averaged background.

If this is right

  • Linear structure growth equations must retain coupling terms from effective-fluid perturbations to avoid systematic bias in predicted growth rates.
  • Neglecting backreaction produces biased forecasts for the development of large structures even when the model fits background observables.
  • The framework identifies the regime in which the coupling can safely be dropped without significant error.
  • Averaged models intended as effective descriptions of the largest scales require backreaction corrections when used for structure-formation predictions.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same averaged background could be used to recompute growth functions for existing observational datasets to test for improved consistency with data.
  • Numerical simulations of structure formation could be employed to discriminate between the two closure conditions examined here.
  • The method might be extended to include pressureless matter with vorticity or other matter models while retaining the same averaging-plus-perturbation structure.

Load-bearing premise

That a simple closure condition on the properties of effective-fluid perturbations is sufficient to capture the relevant behavior in realistic inhomogeneous spacetimes.

What would settle it

A precision measurement of the linear growth rate or matter power spectrum amplitude from galaxy surveys or weak lensing that deviates from the standard prediction by an amount matching the size of the backreaction correction derived here.

read the original abstract

In relativistic cosmology, the formation of nonlinear inhomogeneities can induce non-negligible backreaction on late-time expansion. Among the important consequences for precision cosmology is the potential impact on the linear growth of large-scale structures. We address this impact by combining covariant spatial averaging with covariant and gauge-invariant perturbation theory. We focus on irrotational dust model spacetimes. The effects of backreaction and nontrivial dynamical curvature on the average cosmological dynamics are formulated as the addition of an effective perfect fluid with pressure. We then introduce an effective background driven by both the averaged dust density and the emergent effective fluid, and derive the general evolution equations for linear perturbations of this system. The residual freedom in this framework amounts to specifying the properties of the effective-fluid perturbations as a closure condition. We analyse two physically motivated choices for this condition. In addition, we clarify the conditions under which the coupling between linear structure growth and perturbations of the effective fluid can be neglected. Finally, we apply this formalism to four examples of averaged cosmological models from the literature, three of which -- intended as effective full descriptions of the largest scales -- have been shown to provide a good fit to observational data. Our results highlight the importance of backreaction effects in shaping linear structure growth in such models. Neglecting these effects may thus lead to biased predictions for the development of large structures, even when the models provide a good description of the general background observables.

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Referee Report

1 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript combines covariant spatial averaging with covariant and gauge-invariant perturbation theory for irrotational dust spacetimes. Backreaction and nontrivial dynamical curvature are modeled as an effective perfect fluid, an effective background is introduced, and linear perturbation evolution equations are derived on this background. The residual freedom is fixed via closure conditions on effective-fluid perturbations, of which two physically motivated choices are analyzed. Conditions for neglecting the coupling to these perturbations are clarified. The formalism is applied to four averaged cosmological models from the literature (three of which fit observational data), leading to the conclusion that backreaction effects shape linear structure growth and that neglecting them may bias predictions even when background observables are well described.

Significance. If the central results hold, the work is significant for precision cosmology: it supplies a consistent relativistic treatment of how averaging-induced backreaction can affect linear growth in effective models that otherwise match background data. The covariant approach and direct application to observationally viable averaged models are clear strengths. The explicit handling of closure conditions and the clarification of when coupling can be neglected add technical value. The findings, if robust, would caution against standard perturbation analyses that omit these effects.

major comments (1)
  1. [§4] §4 (analysis of closure conditions): The strongest claim—that neglecting backreaction biases linear growth predictions even for models providing good background fits—depends on the two examined closure conditions being representative. The manuscript does not demonstrate that the qualitative effect on growth is insensitive to the choice of closure or that the two choices bracket the range of behaviors expected in realistic inhomogeneous dust spacetimes. Without such a robustness check or explicit justification, the load-bearing assumption remains untested and limits the generality of the conclusion.
minor comments (2)
  1. The notation distinguishing averaged background quantities, effective-fluid variables, and their perturbations is introduced clearly but could be summarized in a single table or appendix for easier reference across sections.
  2. [§5] In the applications section, the quantitative differences in growth rates between the two closure choices and the standard case are presented; adding a brief statement on the magnitude of these differences relative to observational uncertainties would help readers assess practical impact.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and for the constructive assessment of its potential significance for precision cosmology. We address the single major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [§4] §4 (analysis of closure conditions): The strongest claim—that neglecting backreaction biases linear growth predictions even for models providing good background fits—depends on the two examined closure conditions being representative. The manuscript does not demonstrate that the qualitative effect on growth is insensitive to the choice of closure or that the two choices bracket the range of behaviors expected in realistic inhomogeneous dust spacetimes. Without such a robustness check or explicit justification, the load-bearing assumption remains untested and limits the generality of the conclusion.

    Authors: We agree that a demonstration of robustness across a wider set of closure conditions would strengthen the generality of the conclusions. The two conditions examined in §4 were selected because they correspond to distinct and commonly adopted physical assumptions in the averaging literature: one in which effective-fluid perturbations are taken to be adiabatic (or vanishing), and the other in which they obey a closure relation derived directly from the averaging procedure itself. For the four averaged models considered, both closures produce qualitatively similar modifications to the linear growth rate, supporting the claim that backreaction effects can bias structure-growth predictions even when background observables are well fitted. We did not assert that these two choices exhaust or bracket all possible behaviors in fully general inhomogeneous dust spacetimes. To address the referee’s concern, we will revise §4 to include an explicit paragraph justifying the physical motivation for the chosen closures, noting their status as representative limiting cases in the existing literature, and adding a brief caveat on the possible sensitivity of quantitative results to other closures. This revision will clarify the scope of the present claims while preserving the manuscript’s focus. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation self-contained with explicit assumptions

full rationale

The paper derives general evolution equations for linear perturbations on an averaged background by combining covariant spatial averaging with gauge-invariant perturbation theory, treating backreaction as an effective perfect fluid. It explicitly identifies residual freedom in the effective-fluid perturbations and addresses it by analyzing two physically motivated closure conditions rather than deriving or fitting them in a self-referential way. The formalism is then applied to four literature models (three fitting background data), yielding conclusions on backreaction's role in structure growth. No load-bearing steps reduce by construction to inputs via self-definition, renamed fits, or self-citation chains; the framework is grounded in standard methods and remains independent of the target results.

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  • domain assumption Irrotational dust model spacetimes
    Stated focus of the model in the abstract.

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