Title: A not so short note on the Klein–Gordon equation at second order
Abstract:We give the governing equations for multiple scalar fields in a flat Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) background spacetime on all scales, allowing for metric and field perturbations up to second order...We give the governing equations for multiple scalar fields in a flat Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) background spacetime on all scales, allowing for metric and field perturbations up to second order. We then derive the Klein–Gordon equation at second order in closed form in terms of gauge-invariant perturbations of the fields in the uniform curvature gauge. We also give a simplified form of the Klein–Gordon equation using the slow-roll approximation.Read More