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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,…

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Modifications of general relativity provide an alternative explanation to dark energy for the observed acceleration of the universe. We review recent developments in modified gravity theories, focusing on higher dimensional approaches and…

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The clustering ratio $\eta$, a large-scale structure observable originally designed to constrain the shape of the power spectrum of matter density fluctuations, is shown to provide a sensitive probe of the nature of gravity in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Julien Bel , Philippe Brax , Christian Marinoni , Patrick Valageas

Our modified gravity theory (MOG) is a gravitational theory without exotic dark matter, based on an action principle. MOG has been used successfully to model astrophysical phenomena such as galaxy rotation curves, galaxy cluster masses, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-25 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

Strong gravitational lensing by galaxies provides us with a unique opportunity to understand the nature of gravity on galactic and extra-galactic scales. In this paper, we propose a new multimessenger approach using data from both…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 Tao Yang , Bin Hu , Rong-Gen Cai , Bin Wang

We investigate the dependence of the galaxy-halo connection and galaxy density field in modified gravity models using the $N-$body simulations for $f(R)$ and nDGP models at $z=0$. Because of the screening mechanisms employed by these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-26 N. Chandrachani Devi , Aldo Rodríguez-Puebla , O. Valenzuela , Vladimir Avila-Reese , César Hernández-Aguayo , Baojiu Li

We present a set of predictions for weak lensing correlation functions in the context of modified gravity models, including a prescription for the impact of the nonlinear power spectrum regime in these models. We consider the DGP and f(R)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Emma Beynon , David J. Bacon , Kazuya Koyama

Measurements of redshift space distortions (RSD) provide a means to test models of gravity on large-scales. We use mock galaxy catalogues constructed from large N-body simulations of standard and modified gravity models to measure galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 César Hernández-Aguayo , Jiamin Hou , Baojiu Li , Carlton M. Baugh , Ariel G. Sánchez

We develop a method for reconstructing the two-dimensional, projected gravitational potential of galaxy clusters from observed line-of-sight velocity dispersions of cluster galaxies. It is the third of an intended series of papers aiming at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Eleonora Sarli , Sven Meyer , Massimo Meneghetti , Sara Konrad , Charles L. Majer , Matthias Bartelmann

Screening mechanisms are essential components in many modified gravity theories, which satisfy local tests of General Relativity (GR) and address cosmic acceleration on cosmological scales. The strong gravitational lensing of gravitational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-11 Chengsheng Mu , Shuo Cao , Shuxun Tian , Xinyue Jiang , Chenfa Zheng , Dadian Cheng

We explore observational constraints on possible deviations from Newtonian gravity by means of large-scale clustering of galaxies. We measure the power spectrum and the bispectrum of Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxies and compare the result…

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Using galactic rotation curves, we test a -quantum motivated- gravity model that at large distances modifies the Newtonian potential when spherical symmetry is considered. In this model one adds a Rindler acceleration term to the rotation…

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We present forecasts for constraints on the Hu \& Sawicki $f(R)$ modified gravity model using realistic mock data representative of future cluster and weak lensing surveys. We create mock thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect selected cluster…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-11 Sophie M. L. Vogt , Sebastian Bocquet , Christopher T. Davies , Joseph J. Mohr , Fabian Schmidt

Modified gravity models require a screening mechanism to be able to evade the stringent constraints from local gravity experiments and, at the same time, give rise to observable astrophysical and cosmological signatures. Such screened…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 Max Gronke , David F. Mota , Hans A. Winther

We have used publicly available kinematic data for the S2 star to constrain the parameter space of MOdified Gravity. Integrating geodesics and using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm we have provided with the first constraint on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-28 Riccardo Della Monica , Ivan de Martino , Mariafelicia de Laurentis

We investigate the effect of modified gravity on the specific angular momentum of galactic halos by analyzing the halo catalogs at z=0 from high-resolution N-body simulations for a f(R) gravity model that meets the solar-system constraint.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jounghun Lee , Gong-Bo Zhao , Baojiu Li , Kazuya Koyama

We perform theoretical and numerical studies of the full relativistic two-point galaxy correlation function, considering the linear-order scalar and tensor perturbation contributions and the wide-angle effects. Using the gauge-invariant…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-18 Fulvio Scaccabarozzi , Jaiyul Yoo , Sang Gyu Biern

Using a suite of $N$-body simulations we study the angular clustering of galaxies, halos, and dark matter in $\mathrm{\Lambda \text{CDM}}$ and Modified Gravity (MG) scenarios. We consider two general categories of such MG models, one is the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-22 Paweł Drozda , Wojciech A. Hellwing , Maciej Bilicki

If the accelerated expansion of the universe is due to a modification of general relativity at late times, it is likely that the growth of structure on large scales would also display deviations from the standard cosmology. We investigate…

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