Non-linear matter bispectrum in general relativity

Abstract

We show that the relativistic effects are negligibly small in the non-linear density and velocity bispectra. Although the non-linearities of Einstein equation introduce additional non-linear terms to the Newtonian fluid equations, the corrections to the bispectrum only show up on super-horizon scales. We show this with the next-to-leading order non-linear bispectrum for a pressureless fluid in a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker background, by calculating the density and velocity fields up to fourth order. We work in the comoving gauge, where the dynamics is identical to the Newtonian up to second order. We also discuss the leading order matter bispectrum in various gauges, and show yet another relativistic effect near horizon scales that the matter bispectrum strongly depends on the gauge choice.

18 pages, 3 figures

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