Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-07-07
Phys.Rev.D74:043513,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 7 figures; expanded paper; matches PRD accepted version; corrected growth rate formula; main results and conclusion u
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.043513
If general relativity is the correct theory of physics on large scales, then there is a differential equation that relates the Hubble expansion function, inferred from measurements of angular diameter distance and luminosity distance, to the growth rate of large scale structure. For a dark energy fluid without couplings or an unusual sound speed, deviations from this consistency relationship could be the signature of modified gravity on cosmological scales. We propose a procedure based on this consistency relation in order to distinguish between some dark energy models and modified gravity models. The procedure uses different combinations of cosmological observations and is able to find inconsistencies when present. As an example, we apply the procedure to a universe described by a recently proposed 5-dimensional modified gravity model. We show that this leads to an inconsistency within the dark energy parameter space detectable by future experiments.
Ishak Mustapha
Spergel David N.
Upadhye Amol
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