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Nonlinear Matter Power Spectrum from relativistic $N$-body Simulations: $\Lambda_{\rm s}$CDM versus $\Lambda$CDM

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-04-13 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We present relativistic NN-body simulations of a Λs\Lambda_{\rm s}CDM - sign-switching cosmological constant (CC) - scenario under general relativity and compare its nonlinear matter power spectrum to Λ\LambdaCDM at z=15,2,1,0{z = 15,\,2,\,1,\,0}, using best-fit parameters from Planck-only and a combined ''full'' dataset. During the AdS-like CC (Λs<0\Lambda_{\rm s}<0) phase, prior to the transition redshift zz_\dagger, reduced Hubble friction dynamically enhances the growth of perturbations; after the switch, with dS-like CC (Λs>0\Lambda_{\rm s}>0), the larger late-time expansion rate partly suppresses, but does not erase, the earlier amplification. Consequently, the ratio PΛsCDM/PΛCDMP_{\Lambda_{\rm s}\rm CDM}/P_{\Lambda\rm CDM} exhibits a pronounced, redshift-dependent shape feature: a crest peaking at 2025%{\sim 20-25\%} around k13hMpc1{k \simeq 1-3\,h\,\mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}} near the transition, which then migrates to larger physical scales and persists to z=0{z = 0} as a robust 1520%{\sim 15-20\%} uplift at k0.61.0hMpc1{k \simeq 0.6-1.0\,h\,\mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}}. 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 σ8\sigma_8 or S8S_8. The timing (earlier for Planck-only, later for the full dataset) and the amplitude of the crest align with the ''cosmic noon'' epoch (z12{z \simeq 1-2}), offering a gravitational prior for the observed peak in the cosmic star-formation rate.

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@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

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