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We study how the cosmological constraints from growth data are improved by including the measurements of bias from Dark Energy Survey (DES). In particular, we utilize the biasing properties of the DES Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 Spyros Basilakos , Fotios K. Anagnostopoulos

Measurements of the growth index $\gamma(z)$ provide a clue as to whether Einstein's field equations encompass gravity also on large cosmic scales, those where the expansion of the universe accelerates. We show that the information encoded…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Heinrich Steigerwald , Julien Bel , Christian Marinoni

A promising way to test the physics of the accelerated expansion of the Universe is by studying the growth rate of matter fluctuations, which can be parametrized by the matter energy density parameter to the power $\gamma$, the so-called…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-10 Ícaro B. S. Cortês , Ronaldo C. Batista

We investigate the impact of a non-gravitational interaction between dark matter and dark energy on the growth rate of matter density perturbations within the framework of a $w$CDM scenario, where the coupling is proportional to the dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-06 Fan Yang , Rongrong Zhai , Xiangyun Fu , Bing Xu , Kaiwen Liu , Chikun Ding , Yang Huang

In this study, we analyse constraints on the growth index of matter perturbations, $\gamma$, within the framework of $f(Q)$ gravity, using recent cosmological observations, at the background and the perturbation levels, including…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-13 Dalale Mhamdi , Safae Dahmani , Amine Bouali , Imad El Bojaddaini , Taoufik Ouali

The accelerated cosmic expansion could be due to dark energy within general relativity (GR), or modified gravity. It is of interest to differentiate between them, by using both the expansion history and the growth history. In the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-07 Zhao-Yu Yin , Hao Wei

We revisit a cosmological model where dark matter (DM) and dark energy (DE) follow barotropic equations of state, allowing deviations from the standard $\Lambda$CDM framework (i.e. $w_{dm} \neq 0$, $w_{de} \neq -1$), considering both flat…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-24 Dorian Araya , Cristian Castillo , Genly Leon , Juan Magaña , Angie Barr Domínguez , Miguel A. García-Aspeitia

In this paper, we study the growth index of matter density perturbations for the power law model in $f(T)$ gravity. Using the parametrization $\gamma(z)=\gamma_0+\gamma_1 {z\over 1+z}$ for the growth index, which approximates the real…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Xiangyun Fu , Puxun Wu , Hongwei Yu

A recent determination of the growth index indicates a value significantly higher than the $\Lambda$CDM prediction, suggesting that alternative scenarios to $\Lambda$CDM may be required. In this work, we investigate whether a time-varying…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-31 Ícaro. B. S. Cortês , Léo. G. Medeiros , Ronaldo C. Batista

We provide exact solutions to the cosmological matter perturbation equation in a homogeneous FLRW universe with a vacuum energy that can be parametrized by a constant equation of state parameter $w$ and a very accurate approximation for the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Alicia Bueno Belloso , Juan García-Bellido , Domenico Sapone

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

Assuming a simple form for the growth index gamma(z) depending on two parameters gamma_0 = gamma(z=0) and gamma_1 = gamma'(z=0), we show that these parameters can be constrained using background expansion data. We explore systematically the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-31 Radouane Gannouji , David Polarski

Alternative cosmological models have been proposed to alleviate the tensions reported in the concordance cosmological model, or to explain the current accelerated phase of the universe. One way to distinguish between General Relativity and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-11 Fernanda Oliveira , Felipe Avila , Armando Bernui , Alexander Bonilla , Rafael C. Nunes

The growth index $\gamma_L$ was proposed to investigate the possible deviation from the standard $\Lambda$CDM model and Einstein's gravity theory in a dynamical perspective. Recently, thanks to the measurement of the cosmic growth rate via…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-01 Lixin Xu

Over the last decade, much attention has been given to the study of modified gravity theories to find a more natural explanation for the late-time acceleration of the Universe. Particular attention has focused on the so-called $f(R)$ dark…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-09 Kelly MacDevette , Jess Worsley , Peter Dunsby , Saikat Chakraborty

We study the cosmological evolution of an induced gravity model with a self-interacting scalar field $\sigma$ and in the presence of matter and radiation. Such model leads to Einstein Gravity plus a cosmological constant as a stable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Finelli , A. Tronconi , G. Venturi

Dark energy (DE) is not necessarily uniform when other sources of gravity are present: interaction with matter leads to its variation in space and time. We study cosmological implications of this fact by analyzing cosmological models in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-23 A. S. Silbergleit

Current observational data indicate that dark energy (DE) is a cosmological constant without considering its conclusiveness evidence. Considering the dynamic nature of $\Lambda$ individually as a function of time and the scale factor, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-07 Jafar Khodagholizadeh

We have investigated the evolution of a homogeneous isotropic background of the Universe and inhomogeneous subhorizon matter density perturbations in viable $f(R)$ models of present dark energy and cosmic acceleration analytically and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-05 Hayato Motohashi , Alexei A. Starobinsky , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

Consistency tests for the general relativity (GR) can be performed by constraining the growth index $\gamma$ using the measurements of redshift-space distortions (RSD) in conjunction with other observations. In previous studies, deviations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-30 Jing-Fei Zhang , Yun-He Li , Xin Zhang