Cosmological perturbations engendered by discrete relativistic species

Abstract

Abstract Within the extension of the $$\varLambda $$ Λ CDM model, allowing for the presence of neutrinos or warm dark matter, we develop the analytical cosmological perturbation theory. It covers all spatial scales where the weak gravitational field regime represents a valid approximation. Discrete particles – the sources of the inhomogeneous gravitational field – may be relativistic. Similarly to the previously investigated case of nonrelativistic matter, the Yukawa interaction range is naturally incorporated into the first-order scalar metric corrections.