Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite
Abstract
Euclid is a European Space Agency medium class mission selected for launch in 2019 within the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme. The main goal of Euclid is to understand the origin of the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Euclid will explore the expansion history of the Universe and the evolution of cosmic structures by measuring shapes and redshifts of galaxies as well as the distribution of clusters of galaxies over a large fraction of the sky. Although the main driver for Euclid is the nature of dark energy, Euclid science covers a vast range of topics, from cosmology to galaxy evolution to planetary research. In this review we focus on cosmology and fundamental physics, with a strong emphasis on science beyond the current standard models. We discuss five broad topics: dark energy and modified gravity, dark matter, initial conditions, basic assumptions and questions of methodology in the data analysis. This review has been planned and carried out within Euclid's Theory Working Group and is meant to provide a guide to the scientific themes that will underlie the activity of the group during the preparation of the Euclid mission.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1206.1225,
title = {Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite},
author = {Luca Amendola and Stephen Appleby and David Bacon and Tessa Baker and Marco Baldi and Nicola Bartolo and Alain Blanchard and Camille Bonvin and Stefano Borgani and Enzo Branchini and Clare Burrage and Stefano Camera and Carmelita Carbone and Luciano Casarini and Mark Cropper and Claudia deRham and Cinzia di Porto and Anne Ealet and Pedro G. Ferreira and Fabio Finelli and Juan Garcia-Bellido and Tommaso Giannantonio and Luigi Guzzo and Alan Heavens and Lavinia Heisenberg and Catherine Heymans and Henk Hoekstra and Lukas Hollenstein and Rory Holmes and Ole Horst and Knud Jahnke and Thomas D. Kitching and Tomi Koivisto and Martin Kunz and Giuseppe La Vacca and Marisa March and Elisabetta Majerotto and Katarina Markovic and David Marsh and Federico Marulli and Richard Massey and Yannick Mellier and David F. Mota and Nelson Nunes and Will Percival and Valeria Pettorino and Cristiano Porciani and Claudia Quercellini and Justin Read and Massimiliano Rinaldi and Domenico Sapone and Roberto Scaramella and Constantinos Skordis and Fergus Simpson and Andy Taylor and Shaun Thomas and Roberto Trotta and Licia Verde and Filippo Vernizzi and Adrian Vollmer and Yun Wang and Jochen Weller and Tom Zlosnik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.1225},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
236 pages, minor edits to match the journal version 2013