Lagrangian dynamics in nonflat universes and nonlinear gravitational evolution

Jun 10, 1994
24 pages
Published in:
  • Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 276 (1995) 115
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Report number:
  • OUAST-94-19

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We derive the general Lagrangian dynamical equations for the motion of gravitating particles in a non--flat universe with arbitrary density parameter \Om and no cosmological constant. We treat the set of particles as a Newtonian collisionless fluid. The non--linear dynamical evolution of the fluid element trajectories is then described up to the third--order expansion in Lagrangian coordinates. This work generalizes recent investigations carried out by Bouchet \etal (1992) and Buchert (1994).