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Matter power spectrum in f(R) gravity with massive neutrinos

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2010-10-27 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The effect of massive neutrinos on matter power spectrum is discussed in the context of f(R)f(R) gravity. It is shown that the anomalous growth of density fluctuations on small scales due to the scalaron force can be compensated by free streaming of neutrinos. As a result, models which predict observable deviation of the equation-of-state parameter w\DEw_\DE from w\DE=1w_\DE=-1 can be reconciled with observations of matter clustering if the total neutrino mass is O(0.5\eV)O(0.5 \eV).

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@article{arxiv.1005.1171,
  title  = {Matter power spectrum in f(R) gravity with massive neutrinos},
  author = {Hayato Motohashi and Alexei A. Starobinsky and Jun'ichi Yokoyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.1171},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

8 pages, 6 figures; Discussion expanded, references added, results unchanged, matches the version to be published in PTP