Cosmological perturbations in a sixth order gravity

1991
Published in:
  • Class.Quant.Grav. 8 (1991) L133-L136

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Abstract: (IOP)
The author presents cosmological perturbation equations for a theory with the Lagrangian L approximately f(R)+ gamma RR;c;c, where the second term leads to a sixth-order theory in the metric. Equations for both density and gravitational wave perturbations are derived in a gauge-invariant way where the density perturbation equation becomes a fourth-order differential equation. The integral form solution of the gravitational wave perturbations in the large scale is shown and it can be applied to a wide variety of gravity theories.
  • gravitation
  • field theory: action
  • energy: density
  • perturbation theory
  • astrophysics
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