Parametrized post-Friedmann signatures of acceleration in the CMB
Creators
- 1. Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, Department of Astronomy, and Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
Description
We extend the covariant, parametrized post-Friedmann treatment of cosmic acceleration from modified gravity to an arbitrary admixture of matter, radiation, relativistic components, and spatial curvature. This generalization facilitates the adaptation of Einstein-Boltzmann codes for solving cosmic microwave background and matter perturbations in the linear regime. We use such a code to study the effect of metric evolution on the cosmic microwave background through the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect. We discuss the ability of modified gravity to alter the low multipole spectrum, including lowering the power in the quadrupole. From a principal component description of the primary metric ratio parameter, we obtain general constraints from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe on modified gravity models of the acceleration
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.103524;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0801.2433v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 77
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 103524-103524.11
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40075504
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPUTER CODES; DISTURBANCES; GRAVITATION; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUADRUPOLES; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; RELICT RADIATION; SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RANGE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MULTIPOLES; RADIATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 The American Physical Society