Vorticity generation at second order in cosmological perturbation theory

preprint2009arXivOpen access

Abstract

We show that at second order in cosmological perturbation theory vorticity generation is sourced by entropy gradients. This is an extension of Crocco's theorem to a cosmological setting.

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