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The cosmological continuity equation expresses conservation of dark-matter mass: $\delta$ is the density contrast, $\mathbf{v}$ is the peculiar velocity, and a prime denotes a conformal time derivative. The cosmological Euler equation expresses momentum conservation: $\mathcal{H}=a^{\prime }/a$ is the conformal Hubble rate, $\varphi$ is the peculiar gravitational potential, $\rho$ is the density, and ${\sigma }_{ij}$ is the velocity-dispersion tensor of collisionless matter. The terms are respectively Hubble drag, convective acceleration, gravity, and velocity-dispersion stress.

For curl-free flow, introduce the peculiar-velocity divergence $\theta =\nabla \cdot \mathbf{v}$ and set ${\sigma }_{ij}=0$. A Fourier transform of the nonlinear continuity term giveswith the alpha mode-coupling kernelTaking the divergence of the Euler equation gives the quadratic velocity kernelThis is the beta mode-coupling kernel; its symmetry follows from the two velocity factors.

Write a filled vertex with $n$ incoming linear fields for the $n$th-order peculiar-velocity divergence. Gaussian initial conditions require every linear field to be paired. Through sixth order in the linear density there are exactly five connected topologies: the tree diagram $B_{211}$ and the one-loop triangle $B_{222}$, vertex-correction diagram $B_{321}^I$, propagator-correction diagram $B_{321}^{II}$, and four-leg diagram $B_{411}$. These are the five diagrams of the one-loop matter bispectrum.

Taking the divergence of the linear Euler equation and defining the peculiar-velocity divergence $\theta =\nabla \cdot \mathbf{v}$ givesThe assumption of negligible vorticity ensures that this longitudinal variable captures the velocity perturbation relevant to scalar density growth.