Challenges to the DGP Model from Horizon-Scale Growth and Geometry

Details Challenges to the DGP Model from Horizon-Scale Growth and Geometry Challenges to the DGP Model from Horizon-Scale Growth and Geometry

2008-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/0808.2208v2

Phys.Rev.D78:103509,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables, minor revisions reflect PRD published version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.78.103509

We conduct a Markov Chain Monte Carlo study of the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati (DGP) self-accelerating braneworld scenario given the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy, supernovae and Hubble constant data by implementing an effective dark energy prescription for modified gravity into a standard Einstein-Boltzmann code. We find no way to alleviate the tension between distance measures and horizon scale growth in this model. Growth alterations due to perturbations propagating into the bulk appear as excess CMB anisotropy at the lowest multipoles. In a flat cosmology, the maximum likelihood DGP model is nominally a 5.3 sigma poorer fit than Lambda CDM. Curvature can reduce the tension between distance measures but only at the expense of exacerbating the problem with growth leading to a 4.8 sigma result that is dominated by the low multipole CMB temperature spectrum. While changing the initial conditions to reduce large scale power can flatten the temperature spectrum, this also suppresses the large angle polarization spectrum in violation of recent results from WMAP5. The failure of this model highlights the power of combining growth and distance measures in cosmology as a test of gravity on the largest scales.

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