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We present a case that current observations may already indicate new gravitational physics on cosmological scales. The excess of power seen in the Lyman-alpha forest and small-scale CMB experiments, the anomalously large bulk flows seen…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-23 Niayesh Afshordi , Ghazal Geshnizjani , Justin Khoury

We propose a new framework for studying the cosmology of $f(R)$ gravity which completely avoids using the reconstruction programme. This allows us to easily obtain a qualitative feel of how much the $\Lambda$CDM model differs from other…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-22 Saikat Chakraborty , Kelly MacDevette , Peter Dunsby

Gravitational wave (GW) observations probe both a diffuse, stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) as well as individual cataclysmic events such as the merger of two compact objects. The detection and description of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-28 Eleanor Gleave , Andrew Jaffe

Several models based on General Relativity and Modified Gravity aim to reproduce the observed universe with precision comparable to the flat-$\Lambda$CDM cosmological model. In this study, we investigate the consistency of some of these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-05 Fernanda Oliveira , Bruno Ribeiro , Wiliam S. Hipólito-Ricaldi , Felipe Avila , Armando Bernui

Since the temperature fluctuations in cosmic microwave background (CMB) on large-angular scales probe length scales that were super-horizon sized at photon decoupling and hence insensitive to microphysical processes, the low-multipole CMB…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-30 Cheng Cheng , Qing-Guo Huang

In this study the effects of a non-zero cosmological constant $\Lambda$ on a quadrupole signal are studied. The linearized approximation of general relativity was used, so the metric can be written as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-12 L. A. Somlai

The primary science driver for 3D galaxy surveys is their potential to constrain cosmological parameters. Forecasts of these surveys' effectiveness typically assume Gaussian statistics for the underlying matter density, despite the fact…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-27 Andrew Repp , István Szapudi , Julien Carron , Melody Wolk

The potential association between gravitational waves (GWs) and fast radio bursts (FRBs) offers a unique multi-messenger probe for cosmology. In this paper, we develop a redshift-independent framework to constrain cosmological parameters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-06 Jiaming Zhuge , Marios Kalomenopoulos , Carl-Johan Haster , Bing Zhang

Bimetric gravity is an interesting alternative to standard GR given its potential to provide a concrete theoretical framework for a ghost-free massive gravity theory. Here we investigate a class of Bimetric gravity models for their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 Ajay Bassi , Shahnawaz A. Adil , Manvendra Pratap Rajvanshi , Anjan A. Sen

Some models within the framework of Gauss-Bonnet gravities are considered in the presence of a non-minimally coupled scalar field. By imposing a particular constraint on the scalar field coupling, an extension of the called…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-19 Sergei D. Odintsov , Diego Saez-Chillon Gomez , German S. Sharov

The advanced world-wide network of gravitational waves (GW) observatories is scheduled to begin operations within the current decade. Thanks to their improved sensitivity, they promise to yield a number of detections and thus to open a new…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Walter Del Pozzo

LambdaCDM, for the currently preferred cosmological density Omega_0 and cosmological constant Omega_Lambda, predicts that the Universe expansion decelerates from early times to redshift z~0.9 and accelerates at later times. On the contrary,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-13 Antonaldo Diaferio , Luisa Ostorero , Vincenzo F. Cardone

Gravitational waves (GWs) emitted by binary sources are interesting signals for testing gravity on cosmological scales since they allow measurements of the luminosity distance. When followed by electromagnetic counterparts, in particular,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-17 Isabela S. Matos , Emilio Bellini , Maurício O. Calvão , Martin Kunz

Anomalies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) refer to features that have been observed, mostly at large angular scales, and which show some tension with the statistical predictions of the standard $\Lambda$CDM model. In this work, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-28 Ivan Agullo , Dimitrios Kranas , V. Sreenath

In this paper, we have derived the field equations in an extended theory of gravity in an anisotropic space time background and in the presence of magnetic field. The physical and geometrical parameters of the models are determined with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-19 Sankarsan Tarai , Fakhereh Md. Esmaeili , B. Mishra , S. K. Tripathy

A major aim of cosmological surveys is to test deviations from the standard $\Lambda$CDM model, but the full scientific value of these surveys will only be realised through efficient simulation methods that keep up with the increasing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-06 Yash Gondhalekar , Sownak Bose , Baojiu Li , Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro

We discuss cosmological inference from galaxy surveys, the X-Ray Background (XRB) and the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). We assume a family of Cold Dark Matter (CDM) models in a spatially flat universe with an initially scale-invariant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ofer Lahav , Sarah L. Bridle

In the third-generation (3G) gravitational-wave (GW) detector era, the multi-messenger GW observation for binary neutron star (BNS) merger events can exert great impacts on exploring the cosmic expansion history. In this work, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-10 Tao Han , Shang-Jie Jin , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

$ $Weak gravitational lensing is a powerful probe which is used to constrain the standard cosmological model and its extensions. With the enhanced statistical precision of current and upcoming surveys, high accuracy predictions for weak…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 Ting Tan , Dominik Zuercher , Janis Fluri , Alexandre Refregier , Federica Tarsitano , Tomasz Kacprzak

Detection of relic gravitational waves, through their imprint in the cosmic microwave background radiation, is one of the most important tasks for the planned CMBPol mission. In the simplest viable theoretical models the gravitational wave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-10 Wen Zhao