Photon energy redshift from a vector metric perturbation

ID: photon-energy-redshift-from-a-vector-metric-perturbation

For the metric in vector cosmological perturbation, an orthonormal tetrad is , to first order. A photon has and , so the covariant component is . The covariant geodesic equation gives . The derivative of the scale factor cancels by the null vector condition, proving the redshift formula.

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