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We propose a new framework for testing gravity using cluster observations, which aims to provide an unbiased constraint on modified gravity models from Sunyaev Zel'dovich (SZ) and X-ray cluster counts and the cluster gas fraction, among…

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This study offers a comprehensive reconstruction of $f(T)$ gravity model with three distinct non-linear as well as novel forms employing a hybrid scale factor to depict the expansion history of the universe starting from early decelerated…

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We present an analytical description of the probability distribution function (PDF) of the smoothed three-dimensional matter density field for modified gravity and dark energy. Our approach, based on the principles of Large Deviations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-05 Matteo Cataneo , Cora Uhlemann , Christian Arnold , Alex Gough , Baojiu Li , Catherine Heymans

Lossy data transformations by definition lose information. Yet, in modern machine learning, methods like data pruning and lossy data augmentation can help improve generalization performance. We study this paradox using a solvable model of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-19 Alex Nguyen , David J. Schwab , Vudtiwat Ngampruetikorn

Cosmography can be considered as a sort of a model-independent approach to tackle the dark energy/modified gravity problem. In this review, the success and the shortcomings of the $\Lambda$CDM model, based on General Relativity and standard…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-09 Salvatore Capozziello , Rocco D'Agostino , Orlando Luongo

Machine learning models often have uneven performance among subpopulations (a.k.a., groups) in the data distributions. This poses a significant challenge for the models to generalize when the proportions of the groups shift during…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Rui Qiao , Zhaoxuan Wu , Jingtan Wang , Pang Wei Koh , Bryan Kian Hsiang Low

In this study, we investigate gravitational lensing within modified gravity frameworks, focusing on the Hu-Sawicki $f(R)$ and normal branch Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati (nDGP) models, and we compare these results with those obtained from general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-03 Ali Tizfahm , Saeed Fakhry , Javad T. Firouzjaee , Antonino Del Popolo

Explaining the generalization characteristics of deep learning is an emerging topic in advanced machine learning. There are several unanswered questions about how learning under stochastic optimization really works and why certain…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-01 Mahdi S. Hosseini , Mathieu Tuli , Konstantinos N. Plataniotis

Infrared modifications of General Relativity (GR) can be revealed by comparing the mass of galaxy clusters estimated from weak lensing to that from infall kinematics. We measure the 2D galaxy velocity distribution in the cluster infall…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Ying Zu , D. H. Weinberg , Elise Jennings , Baojiu Li , Mark Wyman

The testing of general relativity at cosmological scales has become a possible and timely endeavor that is not only motivated by the pressing question of cosmic acceleration but also by the proposals of some extensions to general relativity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jason Dossett , Mustapha Ishak , Jacob Moldenhauer

Astrophysical data analysis of the weak-field predictions support the claim that modified gravity (MOG) theories provide a self-consistent, scale-invariant, universal description of galaxy rotation curves, without the need of non-baryonic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-08-09 J. R. Brownstein

Delta Gravity is a gravitational model based on an extension of General Relativity given by a new symmetry called $\tilde{\delta}$. In this model, new matter fields are added to the original matter fields, motivated by the additional…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-01 Jorge Alfaro , Marco San Martín , Carlos Rubio

We use cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to study the effect of screened modified gravity models on the mass estimates of galaxy clusters. In particular, we focus on two novel aspects: (i) we study modified gravity models in which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Max Gronke , A. Hammami , David F. Mota , Hans A. Winther

Modifications of the equations of general relativity at large distances offer one possibility to explain the observed properties of our Universe without invoking a cosmological constant. Numerous proposals for such modified gravity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Fabio Fontanot , Ewald Puchwein , Volker Springel , Davide Bianchi

The aim of this paper is to constrain modified gravity with redshift space distortion observations and supernovae measurements. Compared with a standard LCDM analysis, we include three additional free parameters, namely the initial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-28 Laura Taddei , Matteo Martinelli , Luca Amendola

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

Considering a well-motivated $f(R)$ modified-gravity model, in which an exponential function of the curvature is included, in this paper we implement a statistical data analysis to set constraints on the parameters of the model, taking into…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-01 Mario A. Acero , A. Oliveros

Models of modified gravity introduce extra degrees of freedom, which for consistency with the data, should be suppressed at observable scales. In the models that share properties of massive gravity such a suppression is due to nonlinear…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Gregory Gabadadze , Alberto Iglesias

The growth rate of the large-scale structure of the universe has been advocated as the observable par excellence for testing gravity on cosmological scales. By considering linear-order deviations from General Relativity, we show that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-12 Tessa Baker , Pedro G. Ferreira , Constantinos Skordis

The coming generation of galaxy surveys will provide measurements of galaxy clustering with unprecedented accuracy and data size, which will allow us to test cosmological models at much higher precision than achievable previously. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-17 Cheng-Zong Ruan , Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro , Alexander Eggemeier , César Hernández-Aguayo , Carlton M. Baugh , Baojiu Li , Francisco Prada