Reference for scalar-vector-tensor decomposition of perturbations

[krishna mohan]

Hi...

Can anyone one give me a good reference for the decomposition of perturbations into independent scalar, vector and tensor parts, with all the gory details?

 

[Chalnoth]

Here's a good review on the CMB anisotropies:
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0110414

If you want a more in-depth treatment, it does provide references to such. Hope this helps.

 

[krishna mohan]

Thanks...

The paper itself does not have any material on the decomposition...

Maybe one of the references has...

 

[cristo]

Bertschinger's review's pretty good: http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0101009v1

If you really want gory, you could check out Bardeen's paper: http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v22/i8/p1882_1

 

[krishna mohan]

Yep..found that..

Actually I dug up your old post on the same issue where you have given the reference of the Bardeen paper...

Thank you very much!

 

[LithiumHelios]

Ruth Durrer's book on the CMB has a decent discussion of SVT decomposition in the context of cosmological perturbation theory.

 

[krishna mohan]

Thanks! I have got the book...and it was very informative...