Propagators in Lagrangian space

Francis Bernardeau, Patrick Valageas

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Abstract

It has been found recently that propagators, e.g. the cross correlation spectra of the cosmic fields with the initial density field, decay exponentially at large k in an Eulerian description of the dynamics. We explore here similar quantities defined for a Lagrangian space description. We find that propagators in Lagrangian space do not exhibit the same properties: they are found not to be monotonic functions of time, and to track back the linear growth rate at late time (but with a renormalized amplitude). These results have been obtained with a novel method which we describe alongside. It allows the formal resummation of the same set of diagrams as those that led to the known results in Eulerian space. We provide a tentative explanation for the marked differences seen between the Eulerian and the Lagrangian cases, and we point out the role played by the vorticity degrees of freedom that are specific to the Lagrangian formalism. This provides us with new insights into the late-time behavior of the propagators.

Original languageEnglish
Article number083503
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume78
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2008
Externally publishedYes

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