Cosmic Growth Signatures of Modified Gravitational Strength
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2017-03-02
Authors
Denissenya, Mikhail
Linder, Eric V.
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International conference "ECL17: Exploring the Energetic Universe 2017", Nazarbayev University Energetic Cosmic Laboratory
Abstract
Cosmic growth of large scale structure probes the entire history of cosmic expansion and gravitational coupling. To get a clear picture of the effects of modification of gravity we consider a deviation in the coupling strength (effective Newton’s constant) at different redshifts, with different durations and amplitudes. We derive, analytically and numerically, the impact on the growth rate and growth amplitude. Galaxy redshift surveys can measure a product of these through redshift space distortions and we connect the modified gravity to the observable in a way that may provide a useful parametrization of the ability of future surveys to test gravity. In particular, modifications during the matter dominated era can be treated by a single parameter, the “area” of the modification, to an accuracy of 0.3% in the observables. We project constraints on both early and late time gravity for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument and discuss what is needed for tightening tests of gravity to better than 5% uncertainty.
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cosmic structure, gravity, gravitational strength, cosmic growth signature, Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Physics::Astronomy and astrophysics::Cosmology
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Denissenya, Mikhail. Linder, Eric V. (2017) Cosmic Growth Signatures of Modified Gravitational Strength. International conference "ECL17: Exploring the Energetic Universe 2017", Nazarbayev University Energetic Cosmic Laboratory