Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-07-01
Phys.Rev.D69:044005,2004
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19 pages revtex. 2 figure. MAJOR ADDITION: New section on late-time ISW effect, including discriminating modified gravity from
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.69.044005
The nature of the fuel that drives today's cosmic acceleration is an open and tantalizing mystery. We entertain the suggestion that the acceleration is not the manifestation of yet another new ingredient in the cosmic gas tank, but rather a signal of our first real lack of understanding of gravitational physics. By requiring that the underlying gravity theory respects Birkhoff's law, we derive the modified gravitational force-law necessary to generate any given cosmology, without reference to the fundamental theory, revealing modifications of gravity at scales typically much smaller than today's horizon. We discuss how through these modifications, the growth of density perturbations, the late-time integrated Sachs--Wolfe effect, and even solar-system measurements may be sensitive to whether today's cosmic acceleration is generated by dark energy or modified gravitational dynamics, and are subject to imminent observational discrimination. We argue how these conclusions can be more generic, and probably not dependent on the validity of Birkhoff's law.
Lue Arthur
Scoccimarro Roman
Starkman Glenn
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