How is the local-scale gravitational instability influenced by the surrounding large-scale structure formation?

Citation
M. Takada et T. Futamase, How is the local-scale gravitational instability influenced by the surrounding large-scale structure formation?, GEN RELAT G, 31(4), 1999, pp. 461-486
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION
ISSN journal
00017701 → ACNP
Volume
31
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
461 - 486
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7701(199904)31:4<461:HITLGI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We develop the formalism to investigate the relation between the evolution of the large-scale (quasi) linear structure and that of the small-scale non linear structure in Newtonian cosmology within the Lagrangian framework. In doing so, we first derive the standard Friedmann expansion law using the a veraging procedure over the present horizon scale. Then the large-scale (qu asi) linear flow is defined by averaging the full trajectory field over a l arge-scale domain, but much smaller then the horizon scale. The rest of the full trajectory field is supposed to describe small-scale nonlinear dynami cs. We obtain the evolution equations for the large-scale and small-scale p art of the trajectory field. These are coupled each other in most general s ituations. It is shown that if the shear deformation of fluid elements is i gnored in the averaged large-scale dynamics, the small-scale dynamics is de scribed by Newtonian dynamics in an effective Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (F RW) background with a local scale factor. The local scale factor is defined by the sum of the global scale factor and the expansion deformation of the averaged large-scale displacement field. This means that the evolution of small-scale fluctuations is influenced by the surrounding large-scale struc ture through the modification of FRW scale factor. The effect might play an important role in the structure formation scenario.