Constraining cosmic expansion and gravity with galaxy redshift surveys

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Published 5 February 2013 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Scott F. Daniel and Eric V. Linder JCAP02(2013)007 DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/02/007

1475-7516/2013/02/007

Abstract

We analyze the science reach of a next generation galaxy redshift survey such as BigBOSS to fit simultaneously for time varying dark energy equation of state and time- and scale-dependent gravity. The simultaneous fit avoids potential bias from assuming ΛCDM expansion or general relativity and leads to only modest degradation in constraints. Galaxy bias, fit freely in redshift bins, is self calibrated by spectroscopic measurements of redshift space distortions and causes little impact. The combination of galaxy redshift, cosmic microwave background, and supernova distance data can deliver 5-10% constraints on 6 model independent modified gravity quantities.

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10.1088/1475-7516/2013/02/007