Cosmological models - Evolution of Inhomogenity

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Homework Statement

I'm working on a project to find evolution equations for a cosmological model, where the following propagations equations are known,
$\dot{\mu}=-\Theta\mu$
$\dot{\Theta}=-\frac{1}{3}\Theta^{2}-2\sigma^{2}-\frac{1}{2}\mu$
$\dot{\sigma}_{ab}=-\frac{2}{3}\Theta\sigma_{ab}-\sigma_{c\langle a}\sigma_{b\rangle}^{c}-E_{ab}$
$\dot{E}_{ab}=-\Theta E_{ab}+3\sigma_{c\langle a}E_{b\rangle}^{c}-\frac{1}{2}\mu\sigma_{ab}$

Particular spatial gradients are defined as
$D_{a}\equiv a\frac{a\tilde{\nabla}_{a}\mu}{\mu}$
$Z_{a}\equiv a\tilde{\nabla}_{a}\Theta$
$T_{a}\equiv a\tilde{\nabla}\sigma^{2}$

From the traceless part of the 3-Ricci tensor following definition of the auxilary variable are stated,
$S_{a}\equiv a\tilde{\nabla}_{a}\left(\sigma^{bc}S_{bc}\right)$
where
$S_{bc}=-\frac{1}{3}\Theta\sigma_{bc}+\sigma_{d\langle b}\sigma_{c\rangle}^{d}+E_{bc}$

My goal is to determine $\dot{S}_{a}$ in terms of known spatial gradients.

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

Briefly my attempt at a solution looks like this:
$\dot{S}_{a}=[a\tilde{\nabla}_{a}(\sigma^{bc}S_{bc})]^{\cdot}$
$=\dot{a}\tilde{\nabla}_{a}(\sigma^{bc}S_{bc})+a[\tilde{\nabla}_{a}(\sigma^{bc}S_{bc})]^{\cdot}$
$=-\sigma_{a}^{b}S_{b}+a[\tilde{\nabla}_{a}(\sigma^{bc}S_{bc})]^{\cdot}$
$=-\sigma_{a}^{b}S_{b}+a\tilde{\nabla}_{a}\left(\dot{\sigma}^{bc}S_{bc}+\sigma^{bc}\dot{S}_{bc}\right)$

$\dot{S}_{bc}=-\frac{1}{3}\left(-\frac{1}{3}\Theta^{2}-2\sigma^{2}-\frac{1}{2}\mu\right)\sigma_{bc}$
$=\frac{1}{9}\Theta^{2}\sigma_{bc}+\frac{2}{3}σ^{2}\sigma_{bc}-\frac{1}{3}\mu\sigma_{bc}-\frac{2}{3}\Theta S_{bc}+\Theta\sigma_{d\langle b}\sigma_{c\rangle}^{d}+3\sigma_{d\langle b}E_{c\rangle}^{d}+2\dot{\sigma}_{d\langle b}\sigma_{c\rangle}^{d}$

Here is my problem, I do not know how I can continue to rewrite $\dot{S}_{bc}$, does anyone has any advice?

 

[mark726]

Thank you for sharing your progress on your project. It seems like you have made some good progress in rewriting the equations in terms of known spatial gradients. One suggestion I have is to try using the definition of the auxiliary variable S_{bc} to rewrite \dot{S}_{bc} in terms of known spatial gradients. You can also try using the given evolution equations for \sigma_{ab}, E_{ab}, and \Theta to simplify the expression further. Additionally, you can try using the definitions of D_{a}, Z_{a}, and T_{a} to express the spatial gradients in terms of these variables. I hope this helps and good luck with your project!