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The cosmological constant problem represents a profound conflict between quantum field theory and general relativity. Unimodular gravity offers a compelling starting point by de-gravitating the vacuum energy of the Standard Model, but this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-18 David E. Kaplan , Surjeet Rajendran

We present measurements of the spatial clustering statistics in redshift space of various scalar field modified gravity simulations. We utilise the two-point and the three-point correlation functions to quantify the spatial distribution of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-20 Cristiano G. Sabiu , David F. Mota , Claudio Llinares , Changbom Park

The review is devoted to consideration of possible observational consequences of modified gravity theories, suggested for explanation of the contemporary accelerated expansion of the universe. The major attention is paid to F(R)-models. It…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-11 Elena Arbuzova

The large-scale structure growth index $\gamma$ provides a consistency test of the standard cosmology and is a potential indicator of modified gravity. We investigate the constraints on $\gamma$ from next-generation spectroscopic surveys,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-12 José Fonseca , Jan-Albert Viljoen , Roy Maartens

In this work, we study the large scale structure formation in the modified gravity in the framework of Palatini formalism and compare the results with the equivalent smooth dark energy models as a tool to distinguish between these models.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-27 Shant Baghram , Sohrab Rahvar

Most cosmological constraints on modified gravity are obtained assuming that the cosmic evolution was standard $\Lambda$CDM in the past and that the present matter density and power spectrum normalization are the same as in a $\Lambda$CDM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Laura Taddei , Luca Amendola

Spatial variations in the distribution of galaxy luminosities, estimated from redshifts as distance proxies, are correlated with the peculiar velocity field. Comparing these variations with the peculiar velocities inferred from galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-08 Martin Feix , Adi Nusser , Enzo Branchini

We present measurements of both scale- and time-dependent deviations from the standard gravitational field equations. These late-time modifications are introduced separately for relativistic and non-relativistic particles, by way of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-16 Andrew Johnson , Chris Blake , Jason Dossett , Jun Koda , David Parkinson , Shahab Joudaki

We derive the equation of matter density perturbations on sub-horizon scales around a flat Friedmann-Lema\^\i tre-Robertson-Walker background for the general Lagrangian density $f(R,\GB)$ that is a function of a Ricci scalar $R$ and a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-13 Antonio De Felice , Teruaki Suyama

Although the (varying power)-law modified gravity toy model has the attractive feature of unifying the early and late-time expansions of the Universe, thanks to the peculiar dependence of the scalar field's potential on the scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-22 Fayçal Hammad

We use higher derivative classical gravity to study the nonlinear coupling between the cosmological expansion of the universe and metric oscillations of Planck frequency and very small amplitude. We derive field equations at high orders in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Bob Holdom

Gravitational waves are propagating undulations in the spacetime fabric, which interact very weakly with their environment. In cosmology, gravitational-wave distortions are produced by most of the inflationary scenarios and their…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-30 Despoina Pazouli , Christos G. Tsagas

We investigate the cosmological implications of a new class of modified gravity, where the field equations generically include higher-order derivatives of the matter fields, arising from the introduction of non-dynamical auxiliary fields in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-01 Tiberiu Harko , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We discuss the dynamics of the universe within the framework of Massive Graviton Dark Matter scenario (MGCDM) in which gravitons are geometrically treated as massive particles. In this modified gravity theory, the main effect of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-13 S. Basilakos , M. Plionis , M. E. S. Alves , J. A. S. Lima

Certain modified gravity theories predict the existence of an additional, non-conformally coupled scalar field. A disformal coupling of the field to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is shown to affect the evolution of the energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Carsten van de Bruck , Jack Morrice , Susan Vu

In this paper, we fully investigate cosmological scenarios in which dark matter is non-minimally coupled to an extra scalar degree of freedom. The interaction is realized by means of conformal and disformal terms in the transformed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-02 Fabio Chibana , Rampei Kimura , Masahide Yamaguchi , Daisuke Yamauchi , Shuichiro Yokoyama

Faraday rotation (RM) probes of magnetic fields in the universe are sensitive to cosmological and evolutionary effects as $z$ increases beyond $\sim $1 because of the scalings of electron density and magnetic fields, and the growth in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. P. Kronberg , M. L. Bernet , F. Miniati , S. J. Lilly , M. B. Short , D. M. Higdon

We investigate the evolution of cosmic structures within the framework of modified gravity, specifically focusing on theories described by the function $f(R, L_m)$, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar and $L_m$ is the matter Lagrangian. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-08 G. K. Goswami , J. P. Saini

Density perturbations in the cosmic microwave background within general $f(R,\phi)$ models of gravity are investigated. The general dynamical equations for the tensor and scalar modes in any $f(R,\phi)$ gravity model are derived. An…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-11 Fayçal Hammad

In modified gravity the propagation of gravitational waves (GWs) is in general different from that in general relativity. As a result, the luminosity distance for GWs can differ from that for electromagnetic signals, and is affected both by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 Enis Belgacem , Yves Dirian , Stefano Foffa , Michele Maggiore