Gauge-invariant metric perturbations during reheating

Authors
Citation
M. Bellini, Gauge-invariant metric perturbations during reheating, NUOV CIM B, 116(8), 2001, pp. 945-950
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-GENERAL PHYSICS RELATIVITY ASTRONOMY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS AND METHODS
ISSN journal
11241888 → ACNP
Volume
116
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
945 - 950
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1888(200108)116:8<945:GMPDR>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The possible amplification of gauge-invariant metric fluctuations in the in frared sector is very important during the reheating stage of inflation. In this stage the inflaton field oscillates around the minimum of the scalar potential. The evolution for the super Hubble scales gauge-invariant metric fluctuations can be studied by means of the Bardeen parameter. For a massi ve scalar field with potential V(Phi (e)) = m(2)/2 Phi (2)(c) + Lambda with nonzero cosmological constant I find that (in the reheating regime and for super Hubble scales) the Sasaki-Mukhanov parameter oscillates with amplitu de constant such that there is not amplification of Q during reheating.