Comoving curvature perturbation

ID: comoving-curvature-perturbation

Comoving curvature perturbation by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-28
The comoving curvature perturbation is the scalar curvature perturbation on hypersurfaces orthogonal to the total matter flow. For single-field adiabatic inflation it is conserved on superhorizon scales.

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