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Within the effective field theory approach to cosmic acceleration, the background expansion can be specified separately from the gravitational modifications. We explore the impact of modified gravity in a background different from a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-15 Guilherme Brando , Felipe T. Falciano , Eric V. Linder , Hermano E. S. Velten

We study environment-dependent clustering using the marked correlation function applied to Hu-Sawicki $f(R)$ modified gravity simulations. This gravity theory enriches the structure formation by enhancing gravity in a scale-dependent form.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-12 Joaquin Armijo , Lucas Da Costa

We present precise constraints on the normalization of the power spectrum of mass fluctuations in the nearby universe, sigma_8, as a function of the mean local matter density, Omega_m. Using the observed local X-ray luminosity function of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. W. Allen , R. W. Schmidt , A. C. Fabian , H. Ebeling

We study cosmological constraints on metric f(R) gravity models that are designed to reproduce the LCDM expansion history with modifications to gravity described by a supplementary cosmological freedom, the Compton wavelength parameter B_0.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Lucas Lombriser , Anze Slosar , Uros Seljak , Wayne Hu

We constrain the scalar field dark energy model with an inverse power-law potential, i.e., $V(\phi)\propto {\phi}^{-\alpha}$ ($\alpha>0$), from a set of recent cosmological observations by compiling an updated sample of Hubble parameter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-10 Yun Chen , Chao-Qiang Geng , Shuo Cao , Yu-Mei Huang , Zong-Hong Zhu

In this work, we consider four $f(R)$ gravity models -- the Hu-Sawicki, Starobinsky, Exponential and Tsujikawa models -- and use a range of cosmological data, together with Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling techniques, to constrain the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Christine R. Farrugia , Joseph Sultana , Jurgen Mifsud

Modified gravity theories have richer observational consequences for large-scale structure than conventional dark energy models, in that different observables are not described by a single growth factor even in the linear regime. We examine…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-20 Bhuvnesh Jain , Pengjie Zhang

We propose a novel method to test the gravitational interactions in the outskirts of galaxy clusters. When gravity is modified, this is typically accompanied by the introduction of an additional scalar degree of freedom, which mediates an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-20 Ayumu Terukina , Lucas Lombriser , Kazuhiro Yamamoto , David Bacon , Kazuya Koyama , Robert C. Nichol

We investigate the effect of modified gravity on the specific angular momentum of galactic halos by analyzing the halo catalogs at z=0 from high-resolution N-body simulations for a f(R) gravity model that meets the solar-system constraint.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jounghun Lee , Gong-Bo Zhao , Baojiu Li , Kazuya Koyama

Although galaxy clusters have proved to be wonderful laboratories for testing a plethora of modified gravity theories and other exotic alternatives to $\Lambda$CDM, until a few years ago, there was only one paper (from 1974), which obtained…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-24 Shantanu Desai , Sajal Gupta

Stage-IV surveys will enable unprecedented tests of gravity on cosmological scales. However, assuming General Relativity in the analysis of large-scale structure could introduce systematic biases if gravity deviates from GR at these scales.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-27 Marc Alemany-Gotor , Cristian Viglione , Pablo Fosalba , Isaac Tutusaus

The idea that we live in a Universe undergoing a period of acceleration is a strongly held notion in cosmology. As this can, potentially, be explained with a modification to General Relativity we look at current cosmological data with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Shaun A. Thomas , Filipe B. Abdalla , Jochen Weller

We use the cosmic shear data from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey to place constraints on $f(R)$ and {\it Generalized Dilaton} models of modified gravity. This is highly complimentary to other probes since the constraints…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 Joachim Harnois-Déraps , Dipak Munshi , Patrick Valageas , Ludovic van Waerbeke , Philippe Brax , Peter Coles , Luca Rizzo

We have used publicly available kinematic data for the S2 star to constrain the parameter space of MOdified Gravity. Integrating geodesics and using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm we have provided with the first constraint on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-28 Riccardo Della Monica , Ivan de Martino , Mariafelicia de Laurentis

We investigate the information content of various cosmic shear statistics on the theory of gravity. Focusing on the Hu-Sawicki-type $f(R)$ model, we perform a set of ray-tracing simulations and measure the convergence bispectrum, peak…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Masato Shirasaki , Takahiro Nishimichi , Baojiu Li , Yuichi Higuchi

A type of exponential correction to General Relativity gives viable modified gravity model of dark energy. The model behaves as $R-2\Lambda$ at large curvature where an effective cosmological constant appears, but it becomes zero in flat…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-13 L. N. Granda

We use baryon acoustic oscillation and redshift space distortion from the completed Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, corresponding to data release 12 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, combined sample analysis in combination with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 Eva-Maria Mueller , Will Percival , Eric Linder , Shadab Alam , Gong-Bo Zhao , Ariel G. Sánchez , Florian Beutler

In this proceedings, we are interested in dark gravitational wave standard sirens and their use for cosmology and for constraining modified gravity theories. Due to the extra friction term introduced in their propagation equation those…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-15 Konstantin Leyde , Simone Mastrogiovanni , Danièle A. Steer , Eric Chassande-Mottin , Christos Karathanasis

The modified gravity is considered in the framework of the holographic dark energy. An analysis of the autonomous system, the critical points and their stability is presented. Unlike the dark energy models based on $f(R)$, it is found that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-18 L. N. Granda , G. D. Rojas

Recent cosmological observations indicate a $5\sigma$ discrepancy between the values of the Hubble constant $H_0$ derived from late and early universe probes. A further possible tension at the $\sim 3\sigma$ level arises from different…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 Oleksii Sokoliuk