Nonlinear Matter Power Spectrum from relativistic $N$-body Simulations: $\Lambda_{\rm s}$CDM versus $\Lambda$CDM
Abstract
We present relativistic -body simulations of a CDM - sign-switching cosmological constant (CC) - scenario under general relativity and compare its nonlinear matter power spectrum to CDM at , using best-fit parameters from Planck-only and a combined ''full'' dataset. During the AdS-like CC () phase, prior to the transition redshift , reduced Hubble friction dynamically enhances the growth of perturbations; after the switch, with dS-like CC (), the larger late-time expansion rate partly suppresses, but does not erase, the earlier amplification. Consequently, the ratio exhibits a pronounced, redshift-dependent shape feature: a crest peaking at around near the transition, which then migrates to larger physical scales and persists to as a robust uplift at . These wavenumbers correspond to group or poor-cluster environments and lie within the sensitivity range of weak lensing, galaxy-galaxy lensing, cluster counts, and tSZ power, providing a concrete, falsifiable target that cannot be mimicked by a scale-independent change in or . The timing (earlier for Planck-only, later for the full dataset) and the amplitude of the crest align with the ''cosmic noon'' epoch (), offering a gravitational prior for the observed peak in the cosmic star-formation rate.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.18741,
title = {Nonlinear Matter Power Spectrum from relativistic $N$-body Simulations: $\Lambda_{\rm s}$CDM versus $\Lambda$CDM},
author = {Özgür Akarsu and Eleonora Di Valentino and Jiří Vyskočil and Ezgi Yılmaz and A. Emrah Yükselci and Alexander Zhuk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.18741},
year = {2026}
}
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18 pages, 8 figures, and 1 table