Bardeen potential

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The Bardeen potential is a gauge-invariant gravitational potential used in cosmological perturbation theory to describe scalar metric fluctuations in the early universe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cosmological perturbation variable ⓘ
gauge-invariant quantity ⓘ
gravitational potential ⓘ
scalar metric perturbation ⓘ
alsoCalled gauge-invariant potential ⓘ
appliesTo Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric ⓘ
early universe ⓘ
assumes linear perturbation regime ⓘ
definedFor scalar sector of metric perturbations ⓘ
definedIn longitudinal gauge ⓘ
definedRelativeTo background FLRW solution ⓘ
dependsOn metric perturbations ⓘ
scalar part of metric fluctuations ⓘ
describes scalar metric fluctuations ⓘ
domain theoretical cosmology ⓘ
framework general relativity ⓘ
hasSymbol Φ ⓘ
Ψ ⓘ
hasType scalar perturbation variable ⓘ
helpsEnsure gauge-invariant physical predictions in cosmology ⓘ
introducedBy James M. Bardeen ⓘ
introducedIn 1980 ⓘ
introducedInWork Gauge-invariant cosmological perturbations ⓘ
isGaugeInvariantUnder linearized coordinate transformations ⓘ
isPartOf gauge-invariant formalism of cosmological perturbations ⓘ
mathematicalNature space-time scalar field ⓘ
relatedTo Newtonian gravitational potential ⓘ
comoving curvature perturbation ⓘ
curvature perturbation ⓘ
metric potentials Φ and Ψ in conformal Newtonian gauge ⓘ
satisfies linearized Einstein equations ⓘ
transformsAs scalar under spatial rotations ⓘ
usedIn Boltzmann codes for cosmology ⓘ
cosmological perturbation theory ⓘ
inflationary cosmology ⓘ
linear theory of cosmological perturbations ⓘ
relativistic cosmology ⓘ
usedToAnalyze Sachs–Wolfe effect ⓘ
gravitational lensing of CMB ⓘ
integrated Sachs–Wolfe effect ⓘ
usedToCompute cosmic microwave background anisotropies ⓘ
large-scale structure formation ⓘ
usedToDescribe gravitational potential wells in the early universe ⓘ
growth of density perturbations ⓘ
usedToTest models of dark energy ⓘ
modified gravity theories ⓘ

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James M. Bardeen → notableWork → Bardeen potential ⓘ
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Gauge-invariant cosmological perturbations → topic → Bardeen potentials ⓘ
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Gauge-invariant cosmological perturbations → introducedConcept → Bardeen potentials ⓘ
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Gauge-invariant cosmological perturbations → hasNamedConcept → Bardeen potentials ⓘ
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