Abstract
We investigate the second-order effective energy-momentum tensor (2EMT) constructed by the quadratic terms of the linear scalar cosmological perturbations while the universe is dominated by a scalar field. We show that 2EMT is gauge dependent. We then study 2EMT in three (longitudinal, spatially flat, and comoving) gauge conditions in the slow-roll stage of inflation. We find that 2EMT exhibits an effective fluid of w=-1/3 on superhorizon scales in all of those gauge conditions.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 084027 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - 15 Oct 2022 |