Vorticity generation at second order in cosmological perturbation theory

Apr, 2009
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 79 (2009) 123523
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We show that at second order in cosmological perturbation theory vorticity generation is sourced by entropy gradients. This is an extension of Crocco's theorem to a cosmological setting.
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