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Linearized propagation equations for metric fluctuations in a general (non-vacuum) background geometry

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arxiv 2105.13041 v1 pith:XTYTRN2X submitted 2021-05-27 gr-qc astro-ph.COhep-th

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keywords metricbackgroundfieldfluctuationsgeneralgeometrylinearizednon-vacuum
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The linearized dynamical equation for metric perturbations in a fully general, non-vacuum, background geometry is obtained from the Hamilton variational principle applied to the action up to second order. We specialize our results to the case of traceless and transverse metric fluctuations, and we discuss how the intrinsic properties of the matter stress tensor can affect (and modify) the process of gravity wave propagation even in most conventional geometric scenarios, like (for instance) those described by a FLRW metric background. We provide explicit examples for fluid, scalar field and electromagnetic field sources.

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