N-body simulations of DGP and degravitation theories

Justin Khoury and Mark Wyman
Phys. Rev. D 80, 064023 – Published 17 September 2009

Abstract

We perform N-body simulations of theories with infinite-volume extra dimensions, such as the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati model and its higher-dimensional generalizations, where 4D gravity is mediated by massive gravitons. The longitudinal mode of these gravitons mediates an extra scalar force, which we model as a density-dependent modification to the Poisson equation. This enhances gravitational clustering, particularly on scales that have undergone mild nonlinear processing. While the standard nonlinear fitting algorithm of Smith et al. overestimates this power enhancement on nonlinear scales, we present a modified fitting formula that offers a remarkably good fit to our power spectra. Because of the uncertainty in galaxy bias, our results are consistent with precision power spectrum determinations from galaxy redshift surveys, even for graviton Compton wavelengths as small as 300 Mpc. Our model is sufficiently general that we expect it to capture the phenomenology of a wide class of related higher-dimensional gravity scenarios.

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  • Received 25 March 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.064023

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Justin Khoury1,2 and Mark Wyman2

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
  • 2Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 2Y5

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Vol. 80, Iss. 6 — 15 September 2009

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