 Frozen-radiation approximation to the matter transfer function

Assume all relevant modes begin outside the horizon at common conformal time ${\tau }_i$, grow as ${\tau }^2$ until radiation-era horizon entry, then freeze until matter-radiation equality, and again grow as ${\tau }^2$ in matter domination. With horizon entry ${\tau }_h=2\pi /k$, $k_{\mathrm{eq}}=2\pi /{\tau }_{\mathrm{eq}}$ and final time ${\tau }_0$, direct multiplication of the growth factors gives the displayed transfer with $G=({\tau }_0/{\tau }_i{)}^2$. A primordial density power spectrum $P_i=Ak$ becomes $P_0=A{G}^{2}k$ below equality wavenumber and $A{G}^2{k}_{\mathrm{eq}}^4{k}^{-3}$ above it. This approximation neglects the true logarithmic radiation-era matter growth, baryonic acoustic structure and late acceleration; a conventionally normalized transfer divides out $G$.