Thomas Buchert, Matthias Ostermann
In this first paper we present a Lagrangian framework for the description of structure formation in general relativity, restricting attention to irrotational dust matter. As an application we present a self-contained derivation of a general-relativistic analogue of Zel'dovich's approximation for the description of structure formation in cosmology, and compare it with previous suggestions in the literature. This approximation is then investigated: paraphrasing the derivation in the Newtonian framework we provide general-relativistic analogues of the basic system of equations for a single dynamical field variable and recall the first-order perturbation solution of these equations. We then define a general-relativistic analogue of Zel'dovich's approximation and investigate consequences by functionally evaluating relevant variables. We so obtain a possibly powerful model that, although constructed through extrapolation of a perturbative solution, can be used to address non-perturbatively, e.g. problems of structure formation, backreaction problems, nonlinear properties of gravitational radiation, and light-propagation in realistic inhomogeneous universe models. It also provides the key-building blocks for initializing a fully relativistic numerical simulation.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.6263
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