Paper 3, Section I, C
A universe contains baryonic matter with background density and density inhomogeneity , together with non-baryonic dark matter with background density and density inhomogeneity . After the epoch of radiation-matter density equality, , the background dynamics are governed by
where is the Hubble parameter.
The dark-matter density is much greater than the baryonic density and so the time-evolution of the coupled density perturbations, at any point , is described by the equations
Show that
where and are independent of time. Neglecting modes in and that decay with increasing time, show that the baryonic density inhomogeneity approaches
where is independent of time.
Briefly comment on the significance of your calculation for the growth of baryonic density inhomogeneities in the early universe.