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Cosmological structures grow differently in theories of gravity which are modified as compared to Einstein's General relativity (GR). Cosmic microwave background (CMB) fluctuation patterns at the last scattering surface are lensed by these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-12 Toshiya Namikawa , François R. Bouchet , Atsushi Taruya

We investigate the cosmological observational test of the extended quintessence model, i.e. a scalar-tensor gravity model with a scalar field potential serving as dark energy, by using the Planck 2018 cosmic microwave background (CMB) data,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 Gong Cheng , Fengquan Wu , Xuelei Chen

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

We forecast the constraints on modified theories of gravity from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies bispectrum that arises from correlations between lensing and the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect. In models of modified…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-12 Eleonora Di Valentino , Alessandro Melchiorri , Valentina Salvatelli , Alessandra Silvestri

In this work, we developed a cosmological model in $ f(Q, C) $ gravity within the framework of symmetric teleparallel geometry. In addition to the non-metricity scalar $Q $, our formulation includes the boundary term $ C $, which accounts…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-12 Shaily , J. K. Singh , Mohit Tyagi , Joao R. L. Santos

We investigate cosmological constraints on K-mouflage models of modified gravity. We consider two scenarios: one where the background evolution is free to deviate from $\Lambda$CDM (K-mouflage) and another one which reproduces a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Giampaolo Benevento , Marco Raveri , Andrei Lazanu , Nicola Bartolo , Michele Liguori , Philippe Brax , Patrick Valageas

We constrain and compare the $w_{0}w_{a}$CDM dynamical dark energy model and three $f(R)$ modified gravity models using the current cosmological distance measurements, including 112 high-quality localized FRBs, BAO measurements from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-24 Shuai Feng , Yan Gong , Xiaohui Liu , Jun-Hui Yan , Xuelei Chen

In the following work, a new hybrid model of the form $ f(Q)=Q(1+a)+b\frac{Q_0^2}{Q} $ has been proposed and confronted using both early as well as late-time constraints. We first use conditions from the era of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-04 Ameya Kolhatkar , Sai Swagat Mishra , P. K. Sahoo

Modified gravity (MG) theories predict, in general, that the ratio of gravitational wave (GW) to electromagnetic (EM) luminosity distances, $\Xi$, differs from its general relativity (GR) value of unity at cosmological scales, thus…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-28 Isabela S. Matos , Maurício O. Calvão , Ioav Waga

We study a model of Symmetric Teleparallel gravity that is able to account for the current accelerated expansion of the universe without the need for dark energy component. We investigate this model by making use of dynamical system…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-26 José Ferreira , Tiago Barreiro , José P. Mimoso , Nelson J. Nunes

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

We use the physically-consistent tilted spatially-flat and untilted non-flat $\Lambda$CDM inflation models to constrain cosmological parameter values with the Planck 2015 cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data and recent Type Ia…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-19 Chan-Gyung Park , Bharat Ratra

In this study, we investigate a Palatini $f(R)$ gravity model featuring a quadratic term correction, aligning it with the most recent expansion rate data, with a particular focus on the latest SNIa and BAO data. Our analysis employs CC data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-10 Débora Aguiar Gomes , Rebecca Briffa , Aleksander Kozak , Jackson Levi Said , Margus Saal , Aneta Wojnar

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

Forecast constraints for a Symmetric Teleparallel Gravity model with a $\Lambda$CDM background are made using forthcoming ground and space based gravitational waves observatories. A Bayesian analysis resorting to generated mock catalogs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-20 José Ferreira , Tiago Barreiro , José Mimoso , Nelson J. Nunes

We investigate the observational implications of a gravitational model wherein the gravitational constant $G$ and the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ exhibit scale-dependent behavior at the perturbative level, while preserving the General…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-06 Wiliam S. Hipólito-Ricaldi , Rodrigo von Marttens , Felipe de Melo-Santos , Davi C. Rodrigues

Recent observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) show some tension with a $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. For one, the cosmological parameters determined by the CMB are at odds with the expansion…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-23 Peter W. Graham , Daniel Green , Joel Meyers

In this article we confront a class of $f(Q)$ gravity models with observational data of galaxy-galaxy lensing. Specifically, we consider the $f(Q)$ gravity models containing a small quadratic correction when compared with General Relativity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-04 Qingqing Wang , Xin Ren , Yi-Fu Cai , Wentao Luo , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We study the possible contribution of a stochastic gravitational wave background to the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in cold and mixed dark matter (CDM and MDM) models. We test this contribution against recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Melchiorri , M. V. Sazhin , V. V. Shulga , N. Vittorio

In this study, we explored late-time cosmology within an extended class of theories based on $f(Q, L_m)$ gravity. This theory generalizes $f(Q)$ gravity by incorporating a non-minimal coupling between the non-metricity $Q$ and the matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-07 Kairat Myrzakulov , M. Koussour , O. Donmez , A. Cilli , E. Güdekli , J. Rayimbaev