Topology of large scale structure as test of modified gravity

Details Topology of large scale structure as test of modified gravity Topology of large scale structure as test of modified gravity

2010-10-14

arxiv.org/abs/1010.3035v4

ApJ, 747, 48(2012)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

Introduction and discussion expanded and refined, conclusion unchanged, 10 pages, 8 figures. ApJ accepted

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The genus of the iso-density contours is a robust measure of the topology of large scale structure, and it is relatively insensitive to nonlinear gravitational evolution, galaxy bias and redshift-space distortion. We show that the growth of density fluctuations is scale-dependent even in the linear regime in some modified gravity theories, which opens a new possibility of testing the theories observationally. We propose to use the genus of the iso-density contours, an intrinsic measure of the topology of large scale structure, as a statistic to be used in such tests. In Einstein's general theory of relativity, density fluctuations are growing at the same rate on all scales in the linear regime, and the genus per comoving volume is almost conserved as structures are growing homologously, so we expect that the genus-smoothing scale relation is basically time-independent. However, in some modified gravity models where structures grow with different rates on different scales, the genus-smoothing scale relation should change over time. This can be used to test the gravity models with large scale structure observations. We studied the case of the f(R) theory, DGP braneworld theory as well as the parameterized post-Friedmann (PPF) models. We also forecast how the modified gravity models can be constrained with optical/IR or redshifted 21cm radio surveys in the near future.

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