Cosmological perturbations in Energy-Momentum Squared Gravity

Abstract

We present a fully covariant and gauge-invariant analysis of linear cosmological perturbations in Energy-Momentum Squared Gravity. Working within the 1+3 formalism, we derive the exact propagation equations for scalar, vector, and tensor modes on FLRW backgrounds, in the case of radiation and dust. Two representative subclasses are examined in detail, in which non-linearity enters through $\mathcal{O}(\eta {\rho }^2)$ corrections or modifications in the equation-of-state parameter and the sound speed. For scalar perturbations, the density contrast can be enhanced or reduced relative to General Relativity, depending on the coupling parameter and the wavelength regime. A similar behaviour occurs for vector modes, allowing for a non-trivial vorticity at early-times. Tensor modes, described by the magnetic part of the Weyl tensor and the shear tensor propagate as damped waves with slowly varying effective masses. All sectors reduce continuously to their GR limits as $\eta \to 0$. The framework isolates robust signatures - early-time scalar tilts, tensor damping shifts, and altered vorticity decay - that can be confronted with CMB and large-scale-structure observations to constrain these theories of gravity.

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