Separating Dark Physics from Physical Darkness: Minimalist Modified Gravity vs. Dark Energy

Details Separating Dark Physics from Physical Darkness: Minimalist Modified Gravity vs. Dark Energy Separating Dark Physics from Physical Darkness: Minimalist Modified Gravity vs. Dark Energy

2006-08-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608681v2

Phys.Rev.D75:023519,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 4 figures, matches the PRD published version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.75.023519

The acceleration of the cosmic expansion may be due to a new component of physical energy density or a modification of physics itself. Mapping the expansion of cosmic scales and the growth of large scale structure in tandem can provide insights to distinguish between the two origins. Using Minimal Modified Gravity (MMG) - a single parameter gravitational growth index formalism to parameterize modified gravity theories - we examine the constraints that cosmological data can place on the nature of the new physics. For next generation measurements combining weak lensing, supernovae distances, and the cosmic microwave background we can extend the reach of physics to allow for fitting gravity simultaneously with the expansion equation of state, diluting the equation of state estimation by less than 25% relative to when general relativity is assumed, and determining the growth index to 8%. For weak lensing we examine the level of understanding needed of quasi- and nonlinear structure formation in modified gravity theories, and the trade off between stronger precision but greater susceptibility to bias as progressively more nonlinear information is used.

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