Direction-dependent Jeans instability in an anisotropic Bianchi type I space-time

dc.creatorDulaney, Timothy R.
dc.creatorGresham, Moira I.
dc.date2008-05-08
dc.date2008-05-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:39:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:39:49Z
dc.descriptionWe derive the metric for a Bianchi type I space-time with energy density that is dominated by that of a perfect fluid with equation of state $p=wρ$ and whose anisotropy is seeded by a fixed norm spacelike vector field. We solve for the evolution of perturbations about this space-time. In particular, the Jeans instability in an expanding flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe is modified by the presence of the vector field so that energy density perturbations develop direction-dependent growth. We also briefly consider observational limits on the vector field vacuum expectation value, $m$. We find that, if $m$ is constant during recombination and thereafter, $m \lesssim 10^{14} GeV$.
dc.description11 pages, two column; references and new section on observational limits added, typos corrected and clarifications made in text
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1078
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1078
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/161315
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleDirection-dependent Jeans instability in an anisotropic Bianchi type I space-time
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