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We consider cosmological models where dark energy is described by a dynamical field equipped with the Chameleon screening mechanism, which serves to hide its effects in local dense regions and to conform to Solar System observations. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-22 Macarena Lagos , Hanjue Zhu

In this series of papers we present an emulator-based halo model for the non-linear clustering of galaxies in modified gravity cosmologies. In the first paper, we present emulators for the following halo properties: the halo mass function,…

This paper is the third in a series on tests of gravity using observations of stars and nearby dwarf galaxies. We carry out four distinct tests using published data on the kinematics and morphology of dwarf galaxies, motivated by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Vinu Vikram , Anna Cabre , Bhuvnesh Jain , Jake VanderPlas

We investigate whether neighbor-density-weighted marked correlation functions (MCFs) can extract cosmological information beyond the standard redshift-space two-point correlation function (2PCF). Using the Kun suite of 129 $w_0w_a$CDM$+\sum…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-25 Xu Xiao , Xiao-Dong Li , Yiqi Huang , Le Zhang

We used the mark weighted correlation functions (MCFs), $W(s)$, to study the large scale structure of the Universe. We studied five types of MCFs with the weighting scheme $\rho^\alpha$, where $\rho$ is the local density, and $\alpha$ is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Yizhao Yang , Haitao Miao , Qinglin Ma , Miaoxin Liu , Cristiano G. Sabiu , Jaime Forero-Romero , Yuanzhu Huang , Limin Lai , Qiyue Qian , Yi Zheng , Xiao-Dong Li

Models that seek to explain cosmic acceleration through modifications to General Relativity (GR) evade stringent Solar System constraints through a restoring, screening mechanism. Down-weighting the high density, screened regions in favor…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-30 Georgios Valogiannis , Rachel Bean

We present a quantitative analysis of the properties of galaxies and structures evolving in universes dominated by different modified gravitational models, including two variants of the f(R)-gravity (F) and two of the Dvali-Gabdadze-Poratti…

Aims. We investigate the gravitational redshift in clusters of galaxies in the symmetron and Hu-Sawicky $f(R)$ models. The characteristic feature of both models is the screening mechanism that hides the fifth force in dense environments…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Max B. Gronke , Claudio Llinares , David F. Mota

Astrophysical tests of modified modified gravity theories in the nearby universe have been emphasized recently by Hui, Nicolis and Stubbs (2009) and Jain and VanderPlas (2011). A key element of such tests is the screening mechanism whereby…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Anna Cabré , Vinu Vikram , Gong-Bo Zhao , Bhuvnesh Jain , Kazuya Koyama

Extensions of the standard models of particle physics and cosmology often lead to long-range fifth forces with properties dependent on gravitational environment. Fifth forces on astrophysical scales are best studied in the cosmic web where…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-26 Harry Desmond , Pedro G Ferreira , Guilhem Lavaux , Jens Jasche

One of the most common consequences of extensions to the standard models of particle physics or cosmology is the emergence of a fifth force. While generic fifth forces are tightly constrained at Solar System scales and below, they may…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Harry Desmond , Pedro G Ferreira , Guilhem Lavaux , Jens Jasche

We show how correlated steps introduces significant contributions to the modification of the halo mass function in modified gravity models, taking the chameleon models as an example, in the framework of the excursion set approach. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-24 Tsz Yan Lam , Baojiu Li

Toward understanding of dark energy, we propose a novel method to directly produce a chameleon particle and force its decay under controlled gas pressure in a laboratory-based experiment. {\it Chameleon gravity}, characterized by its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-16 Taishi Katsuragawa , Shinya Matsuzaki , Kensuke Homma

An important indicator of modified gravity is the effect of the local environment on halo properties. This paper examines the influence of the local tidal structure on the halo mass function, the halo orientation, spin and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-19 Francesca von Braun-Bates , Hans A. Winther , David Alonso , Julien Devriendt

We extend the chameleon models by considering Scalar-Fluid theories where the coupling between matter and the scalar field can be represented by a quadratic effective potential with density-dependent minimum and mass. In this context, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-09 Philippe Brax , Nicola Tamanini

In this paper, we study the distribution of dark matter halos and voids using high resolution simulations in f(R) gravity models with the chameleon mechanism to screen the fifth force in dense environment. For dark matter halos, we show…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-04 Baojiu Li , Gong-Bo Zhao , Kazuya Koyama

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-10 Myles A. Mitchell , Jian-hua He , Christian Arnold , Baojiu Li

In this work, we illustrate through a simple example the possibility of testing the chameleon screening mechanism in the Solar System using the forthcoming LISA Pathfinder mission around gravitational saddle points. We find distinctive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-02 Ali Mozaffari

One of the main objectives of stage IV galaxy surveys is to constrain gravity on cosmological scales. To this end, it is crucial to make accurate theoretical predictions in the nonlinear regime of structure formation in order to maximise…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-14 Bartolomeo Fiorini

Fifth forces are ubiquitous in modified gravity theories, and must be screened to evade stringent local tests. This can introduce unusual behaviour in galaxy phenomenology by affecting galaxies' components differently. Here we use the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-18 Ricardo G. Landim , Harry Desmond , Kazuya Koyama , Samantha Penny