Published August 15, 2007 | Version v1
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Consistency of f(R)=√(R2-R02) gravity with cosmological observations in the Palatini formalism

  • 1. Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, P.O. Box 19395-5531, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran 19839 (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11365-9161, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Description

In this work we study the dynamics of the Universe in f(R)=√(R2-R02) modified gravity with the Palatini formalism. We use data from recent observations, such as the supernova type Ia Gold sample and Supernova Legacy Survey data, the size of the baryonic acoustic peak from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey , the position of the acoustic peak from the cosmic microwave background observations, and large-scale structure formation from the 2dFGRS survey, to put constraints on the parameters of the model. To check the consistency of this action, we compare the age of old cosmological objects with the age of the Universe. In the combined analysis with all the observations, we find the parameters of the model as R0=6.192-0.177+0.167xH02 and Ωm=0.278-0.278+0.273

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 044008-044008.12
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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