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We study the propagation of cosmological gravitational wave (GW) backgrounds from the early radiation era until the present day in modified theories of gravity. Comparing to general relativity (GR), we study the effects that modified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-21 Yutong He , Alberto Roper Pol , Axel Brandenburg

We use HII starburst galaxy apparent magnitude measurements to constrain cosmological parameters in six cosmological models. A joint analysis of HII galaxy, quasar angular size, baryon acoustic oscillations peak length scale, and Hubble…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-14 Shulei Cao , Joseph Ryan , Bharat Ratra

We investigate a spatially flat FLRW cosmological model in the framework of modified gravity described by the function \( f(R, L_m) = \alpha R + L_m^\beta + \gamma \), where \( L_m \) is the matter Lagrangian density. The modified Friedmann…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-05 G. K. Goswami , Anirudh Pradhan , Syamala Krishnannair

The statistics of dark matter halos is an essential component of understanding the nonlinear evolution in modified gravity cosmology. Based on a series of modified gravity N-body simulations, we investigate the halo mass function,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-21 Youcai Zhang , Pengjie Zhang , Xiaohu Yang , Weiguang Cui

The mass function of galaxy clusters is a powerful tool to constrain cosmological parameters, e.g., the mass fluctuation on the scale of 8 h^{-1} Mpc, sigma_8, and the abundance of total matter, Omega_m. We first determine the scaling…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Z. L. Wen , J. L. Han , F. S. Liu

We study the observational constraints on the exponential gravity model of f(R)=-beta*Rs(1-e^(-R/Rs)). We use the latest observational data including Supernova Cosmology Project (SCP) Union2 compilation, Two-Degree Field Galaxy Redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 Louis Yang , Chung-Chi Lee , Ling-Wei Luo , Chao-Qiang Geng

We confront Yukawa modified cosmology, proposed in arXiv:2304.11492 [Jusufi et al. arXiv:2304.11492], with data from Supernovae Type Ia (SNe Ia) and Hubble parameter (OHD) observations. Yukawa cosmology is obtained from a Yukawa-like…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-10 Esteban González , Kimet Jusufi , Genly Leon , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

In this paper, we reconstruct the $f(R)$ theory using the viscous $\omega$CDM scenario (V-$\omega$CDM) constrained by several differently astrophysical observations, including Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), observational Hubble parameter data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-12 Deng Wang , Xin-He Meng

We perform a sensitivity study of dark energy constraints from galaxy cluster surveys to uncertainties in the halo mass function, bias and the mass-observable relation. For a set of idealized surveys, we evaluate cosmological constraints as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-14 Carlos E. Cunha , August E. Evrard

In this work, by using strong gravitational lensing (SGL) observations along with Type Ia Supernovae (Union2.1) and gamma ray burst data (GRBs), we propose a new method to study a possible redshift evolution of $\gamma(z)$, the mass density…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-16 R. F. L. Holanda , S. H. Pereira , Deepak Jain

In this letter, we investigate cosmology within the framework of modified $f(Q, L_m)$ gravity using the non-linear model $f(Q, L_m) = -Q + \alpha L_m^n + \beta$, where $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $n$ are free parameters. The modified Friedmann…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-02 Y. Myrzakulov , Alnadhief H. A. Alfedeel , M. Koussour , S. Muminov , E. I. Hassan , J. Rayimbaev

This research investigates the impact of modified gravity on cosmic scales, focusing on $f(Q)$ cosmology. By applying energy conditions, the study reconstructs various $f(Q)$ models, considering an accelerating Universe, quintessence, and a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-14 Irfan Mahmood , Hira Sohail , Allah Ditta , S. H. Shekh , Anil Kumar Yadav

An analysis of cosmological models in spatially flat Friedmann Universe with cosmic gravitational wave background and zero $\Lambda$-term is presented. The number of free parameters is equal to 5, they are $\sigma_8$, $n$, $\Omega_\nu$,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. V. Mikheeva , V. N. Lukash , N. A. Arkhipova , A. M. Malinovsky

Over the coming decade, the observational samples available for studies of cluster abundance evolution will increase from tens to hundreds, or possibly to thousands, of clusters. Here we assess the power of future surveys to determine…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Zoltan Haiman , Joseph J. Mohr , Gilbert P. Holder

We perform a maximum likelihood kinematic analysis of the two dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters MACS J1206.2-0847 at $z=0.44$ and RXC J2248.7-4431 at $z=0.35$ to determine the total mass profile in modified gravity models, using a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-01 L. Pizzuti , B. Sartoris , L. Amendola , S. Borgani , A. Biviano , K. Umetsu , A. Mercurio , P. Rosati , I. Balestra , G. B. Caminha , M. Girardi , C. Grillo , M. Nonino

We explore the signatures of quintessence and modified gravity theories in the relativistic description of galaxy clustering within a parametrized post-Friedmann framework. For this purpose, we develop a calibration method to consistently…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-29 Lucas Lombriser , Jaiyul Yoo , Kazuya Koyama

We test General Relativity (GR) using current cosmological data: the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from WMAP5 (Komatsu et al. 2009), the integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect from the cross-correlation of the CMB with six galaxy catalogs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-19 Gong-Bo Zhao , Tommaso Giannantonio , Levon Pogosian , Alessandra Silvestri , David J. Bacon , Kazuya Koyama , Robert C. Nichol , Yong-Seon Song

Cosmological observations are beginning to reach a level of precision that allow us to test some of the most fundamental assumptions in our working model of the Universe. One such an assumption is that gravity is governed by the General…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 Pedro G. Ferreira

We use measurements from the Planck satellite mission and galaxy redshift surveys over the last decade to test three of the basic assumptions of the standard model of cosmology, $\Lambda$CDM: the spatial curvature of the universe, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 Shadab Alam , Shirley Ho , Alessandra Silvestri

Current constraints on spatial curvature show that it is dynamically negligible: $|\Omega_{\rm K}| \lesssim 5 \times 10^{-3}$ (95% CL). Neglecting it as a cosmological parameter would be premature however, as more stringent constraints on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-13 C. Danielle Leonard , Philip Bull , Rupert Allison