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Modified Gravity Constraints from the Full Shape Modeling of Clustering Measurements from DESI 2024

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2025-11-10 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We present cosmological constraints on deviations from general relativity (GR) from the first-year of clustering observations from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) in combination with other datasets. We first consider μ(a,k)\mu(a,k)-Σ(a,k)\Sigma(a,k) modified gravity (MG) parametrization (as well as η(a,k)\eta(a,k)) in flat Λ\LambdaCDM and w0waw_0 w_aCDM backgrounds. Using a functional form for time-only evolution gives μ0=0.110.54+0.44\mu_0=0.11^{+0.44}_{-0.54} from DESI(FS+BAO)+BBN and a wide prior on nsn_{s}. Using DESI(FS+BAO)+CMB+DESY3+DESY5-SN, we obtain μ0=0.05±0.22\mu_0=0.05\pm 0.22 and Σ0=0.008±0.045\Sigma_0=0.008\pm 0.045 in the Λ\LambdaCDM background. In w0waw_0 w_aCDM, we obtain μ0=0.240.28+0.32\mu_0=-0.24^{+0.32}_{-0.28} and Σ0=0.006±0.043\Sigma_0=0.006\pm 0.043, consistent with GR, and still find a preference for dynamical dark energy with w0>1w_0>-1 and wa<0w_a<0. We then use binned forms in the 2 backgrounds starting with 2 bins in redshift and then adding 2 bins in scale for a total of 4 and 8 MG parameters, respectively. All MG parameters are found consistent with GR. We also find that the tension reported for Σ0\Sigma_0 with GR from Planck PR3 goes away when using LoLLiPoP+HiLLiPoP likelihoods. As noted previously, this seems to indicate the tension is related to CMB lensing anomaly in PR3 which is also resolved when using these likelihoods. We then constrain the class of Horndeski theory in both EFT-basis and α\alpha-basis. Assuming a power law for the non-minimal coupling function Ω\Omega, we obtain Ω0=0.0120.012+0.001\Omega_0=0.012^{+0.001}_{-0.012} and s0=0.9960.20+0.54s_0=0.996^{+0.54}_{-0.20} from DESI(FS+BAO)+DESY5SN+CMB in a Λ\LambdaCDM background, consistent with GR. Using the α\alpha-basis with no-braiding (αB=0\alpha_B=0) gives cM<1.14c_M<1.14, in agreement with GR. However, we see a mild yet consistent indication for cB>0c_B>0 when αB\alpha_B is varied which will require further study to determine whether this is due to systematics or new physics. [Abridged]

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@article{arxiv.2411.12026,
  title  = {Modified Gravity Constraints from the Full Shape Modeling of Clustering Measurements from DESI 2024},
  author = {M. Ishak and J. Pan and R. Calderon and K. Lodha and G. Valogiannis and A. Aviles and G. Niz and L. Yi and C. Zheng and C. Garcia-Quintero and A. de Mattia and L. Medina-Varela and J. L. Cervantes-Cota and U. Andrade and D. Huterer and H. E. Noriega and G. Zhao and A. Shafieloo and W. Fang and S. Ahlen and D. Bianchi and D. Brooks and E. Burtin and E. Chaussidon and T. Claybaugh and S. Cole and A. de la Macorra and Arjun Dey and K. Fanning and S. Ferraro and A. Font-Ribera and J. E. Forero-Romero and E. Gaztañaga and H. Gil-Marín and S. Gontcho A Gontcho and G. Gutierrez and C. Hahn and K. Honscheid and C. Howlett and S. Juneau and D. Kirkby and T. Kisner and A. Kremin and M. Landriau and L. Le Guillou and A. Leauthaud and M. E. Levi and A. Meisner and R. Miquel and J. Moustakas and J. A. Newman and N. Palanque-Delabrouille and W. J. Percival and C. Poppett and F. Prada and I. Pérez-Ràfols and A. J. Ross and G. Rossi and E. Sanchez and D. Schlegel and M. Schubnell and H. Seo and D. Sprayberry and G. Tarlé and M. Vargas-Magana and B. A. Weaver and R. H. Wechsler and C. Yèche and P. Zarrouk and R. Zhou and H. Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.12026},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

57 pages, 14 figures. This DESI Collaboration Publication is part of the 2024 publication series using the first year of observations and the full shape modeling (see https://data.desi.lbl.gov/doc/papers/dr1/). Expanded discussions; added comments about EFT MG results. JCAP published version