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宇宙学观测对衰减早期修正引力的限制

Constraints on decaying early modified gravity from cosmological observations

Nelson A. Lima, Vanessa Smer-Barreto, Lucas Lombriser

摘要:

关于我们宇宙的大多数信息要么来自于晚期的观测,要么来自于早期不均匀性对宇宙微波背景的影响。我们探讨在何种程度上早期修改的重力,这变得显着重组后,但然后衰减到现在,可以约束当前的宇宙学观测。对于引力修正的演化,我们采用了混合度规Palatini $f(\mathcal{R})$引力模型的衰减模式,该模型的设计是为了再现标准宇宙学背景膨胀历史,并且由于修正的衰减与太阳系实验自然相容。我们将该模型嵌入Horndeski标量-张量引力的有效场论描述中,并对引力修正进行早期解耦。由于准静态近似模型中的扰动打破了在高红移,修改仍然相关,我们引入了一个计算有效的校正来描述在这个政权的标量场波动的演变。我们比较了衰减的早期修改对几何探针和最近的普朗克测量,并没有发现这样的效果在观察中的证据。当前的数据约束标量场值在$|f_{\mathcal{R}}(z=z_{\rm on})| \lesssim 10^{-2}$的修改引入红移$z_{\rm on}\sim(500-1000)$与现今的值$|f_{\mathcal{R}0}|\lesssim10^{-8}$。最后,我们评论的限制,将实现与未来的21厘米调查和引力波实验。

英文摘要:

Most of the information on our cosmos stems from either late-time observations or the imprint of early-time inhomogeneities on the cosmic microwave background. We explore to what extent early modifications of gravity, which become significant after recombination but then decay towards the present, can be constrained by current cosmological observations. For the evolution of the gravitational modification, we adopt the decaying mode of a hybrid-metric Palatini $f(\mathcal{R})$ gravity model which is designed to reproduce the standard cosmological background expansion history and due to the decay of the modification is naturally compatible with Solar-System tests. We embed the model in the effective field theory description of Horndeski scalar-tensor gravity with an early-time decoupling of the gravitational modification. Since the quasistatic approximation for the perturbations in the model breaks down at high redshifts, where modifications remain relevant, we introduce a computationally efficient correction to describe the evolution of the scalar field fluctuation in this regime. We compare the decaying early-time modification against geometric probes and recent Planck measurements and find no evidence for such effects in the observations. Current data constrains the scalar field value at $|f_{\mathcal{R}}(z=z_{\rm on})| \lesssim 10^{-2}$ for modifications introduced at redshifts $z_{\rm on}\sim(500-1000)$ with present-day value $|f_{\mathcal{R}0}|\lesssim10^{-8}$. Finally, we comment on constraints that will be achievable with future 21~cm surveys and gravitational wave experiments.

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