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We study the back reaction of cosmological perturbations on the evolution of the universe. The object usually employed to describe the back reaction of perturbations is called the effective energy-momentum tensor (EEMT) of cosmological perturbations. In this formulation, the problem of the gauge dependence of the EEMT must be tackled. We advance beyond traditional results that involve only high frequency perturbations in vacuo, and formulate the back reaction problem in a gauge invariant manner for completely generic perturbations. We give a quick proof that the EEMT for high-frequency perturbations is gauge invariant which greatly simplifies the pioneering approach by Isaacson. As applications we analyze the back reaction of gravitational waves and scalar metric fluctuations in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker background spacetimes. We investigate in particular back reaction effects during inflation in the Chaotic scenario. Fluctuations with a wavelength much bigger than the Hubble radius during inflation contribute a negative energy density, and in that case back reaction counteracts any pre-existing cosmological constant. Finally, we set up the equations of motion for the back reactio

Author

Abramo, L. Raul

Published

1997

Language

EN