Abstract
The standard model of cosmology ΛCDM assumes general relativity,
flat space, and the presence of a positive cosmological constant. We
relax these assumptions allowing spatial curvature, a time-dependent
effective dark energy equation of state, as well as modifications of the
Poisson equation for the lensing potential, and modifications of the
growth of linear matter density perturbations in alternate combinations.
Using six parameters characterizing these relations, we check
ΛCDM for consistency utilizing cosmic microwave background
anisotropies, cross correlations thereof with high-redshift galaxies
through the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect, the Hubble constant,
supernovae, and baryon acoustic oscillation distances, as well as the
relation between weak gravitational lensing and galaxy flows. In all
scenarios, we find consistency of the concordance model at the 95%
confidence level. However, we emphasize that constraining supplementary
background parameters and parametrizations of the growth of large-scale
structure separately may lead to a priori exclusion of viable departures
from the concordance model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 63519 |
| Journal | Physical Review D, particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology |
| Volume | 83 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2011 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Cosmology
- Modified theories of gravity
- Experimental tests of gravitational theories
- Observational cosmology
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