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The Separate Universe Approach and the Evolution of Nonlinear Superhorizon Cosmological Perturbations

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arxiv astro-ph/0306620 v2 pith:TEKHJAQ7 submitted 2003-06-30 astro-ph gr-qc

The Separate Universe Approach and the Evolution of Nonlinear Superhorizon Cosmological Perturbations

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In this letter we review the separate universe approach for cosmological perturbations and point out that it is essentially the lowest order approximation to a gradient expansion. Using this approach, one can study the nonlinear evolution of inhomogeneous spacetimes and find the conditions under which the long wavlength curvature perturbation can vary with time. When there is one degree of freedom or a well-defined equation of state the nonlinear long wavelength curvature perturbation remains constant. With more degrees of freedom it can vary and this variation is determined by the non-adiabatic pressure perturbation, exactly as in linear theory. We identify combinations of spatial vectors characterizing the curvature perturbation which are invariant under a change of time hypersurfaces.

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