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Acoustic instabilities at the transition from the radiation-dominated to the matter-dominated universe

2001/06/30 by G. Siemieniec-Ozieblo, G. Siemieniec-Oziębło, A. Woszczyna
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Material Science and Thermodynamics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20040097

published as Astron.Astrophys.419:801-810,2004 · 11 pages, 6 figures, accepted to A&A

openalex publication_date 2004/05/07 · arxiv created 2004/06/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

The transition from acoustic noise in the radiation-dominated universe to the density structures in the matter dominated epoch is considered. The initial state is a stochastic field of sound waves moving in different directions. The construction of the initial state is compatible with the hyperbolic type of propagation equation for density perturbations, and parallel to the theory of stochastic background of gravitational waves. Instantaneous transition between the cosmological epochs is assumed, and Darmois-Israel joining conditions are applied to match solutions for sound waves with growing or decaying modes at the decoupling. As a result a substantial amplification of the low scale structures is obtained.

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