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Cosmological perturbation theory and quantum gravity

Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: It is shown how cosmological perturbation theory arises from a fully quantized perturbative theory of quantum gravity. Central for the derivation is a non-perturbative concept of gauge-invariant local observables by means of which perturbative invariant expressions of arbitrary order are generated. In particular, in the linearised theory, first order gauge-invariant observables familiar from cosmological perturbation theory are recovered. Explicit expressions of second order quantities are presented as well.
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2389865232
FWCI: 2.462
Cites: 36
Cited by: 39
Related to: 10