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  Calculation of the non-Gaussity parameter for primordial cosmological perturbations by the ADM Formalism

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Maldacena has used the ADM Formalism in one of his papers (http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210603) in computing the the three point correlation function (i.e the non-Gaussianity) parameter for primordial cosmological perturbations. Can somebody explain in some more detail the relevant parts of the ADM formalism needed to do understand this calculation?

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-07-28 11:15 (UCT), posted by SE-user Debangshu
asked Apr 13, 2011 in Theoretical Physics by DebangshuMukherjee (165 points) [ no revision ]
Can you be more specific? What are you hoping to find here that you couldn't get by searching Google for "ADM formalism"? As it is, this question is pretty vague.

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-07-28 11:15 (UCT), posted by SE-user David Z
Question with a huge overlap, if not an exact duplicate physics.stackexchange.com/questions/3445/…

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-07-28 11:15 (UCT), posted by SE-user dbrane
I mentioned about the paper of Maldacena in my question. (arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210603). I need to know ADM Formalism so that I can understand whatever is said there. A results given by a simple Google search on ADM is not good enough. Either they are not enough (somewhat qualitative) or they are too difficult and assumes a lot.

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-07-28 11:15 (UCT), posted by SE-user Debangshu
Pretty much any standard advanced GR textbook has a chapter on ADM.

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-07-28 11:15 (UCT), posted by SE-user Michael Brown
Hi @Debangshu, if you want to understand Maldacena's calculation of these three point correlation functions, you should edit your question (or ask a new one) to primarly ask about this. It might well be that an answerer points you to some relevant reading material about the ADM formalism anyway. Good look ;-).

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-07-28 11:15 (UCT), posted by SE-user Dilaton

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