Physical Foundations of Cosmology

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336 Inflation II: origin of the primordial inhomogeneities


and theδT 00 component is


δT 00 =δε=ε,XδX+ε,φδφ=ε,X

(

δX−X′ 0

δφ
φ 0 ′

)

− 3 H(ε+p)

δφ
φ′ 0

=

ε+p
c^2 s

((

δφ
φ 0 ′

)′

+H

δφ
φ 0 ′


)

− 3 H(ε+p)
δφ
φ 0 ′

. (8.49)

We have used here the second equality in (8.45) to expressε,φin terms ofε,X,ε
andp, and introduced the “speed of sound”


c^2 s≡

p,X
ε,X

=

ε+p
2 Xε,X

. (8.50)

For a canonical scalar field the “speed of sound” is always equal to the speed of
light,cs=1. The componentsδTi^0 are readily calculated and the result is


δTi^0 =(ε+p)u^0 δui=(ε+p)g^00
φ 0 ′

2 X 0

δφ,i

2 X 0

=(ε+p)

(

δφ
φ 0 ′

)

,i

. (8.51)

Replacingδφbyδφ, defined in (8.16), and substituting (8.49) and (8.51) into (7.38)
and (7.39), one obtains the for the gauge-invariant variables, andδφ:


− 3 H

(

′+H

)

= 4 πa^2 (ε+p)

[

1

c^2 s

((

δφ
φ 0 ′

)′

+H

δφ
φ 0 ′


)

− 3 H

δφ
φ′ 0

]

,

(8.52)

(

′+H

)

= 4 πa^2 (ε+p)

(

δφ
φ 0 ′

)

. (8.53)

SinceδTki=0 fori=k,wehave= ; the two equations above are sufficient
to determine the gravitational potential and the perturbation of the scalar field. It is
useful, however, to recast them in a slightly different, more convenient form. Using
(8.53) to express in terms of′andδφand substituting the result into (8.52),
we obtain


=

4 πa^2 (ε+p)
c^2 sH

(

H

δφ
φ 0 ′

+

)′

, (8.54)

where the background equations (8.44) and (8.46) have also been used. Because
=, (8.53) can be rewritten as
(
a^2




H

)′

=

4 πa^4 (ε+p)
H^2

(

H

δφ
φ 0 ′

+

)

. (8.55)
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