Constraints on $f(R)$ gravity from tSZE-selected SPT galaxy clusters and weak lensing mass calibration from DES and HST
Year: 2024
Type: preprint
Abstract: We present constraints on the $f(R)$ gravity model using a sample of 1,005 galaxy clusters in the redshift range $0.25 - 1.78$ that have been selected through the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (tSZE) from South Pole Telescope (SPT) data and subjected to optical and near-infrared confirmation with the Multi-component Matched Filter (MCMF) algorithm. We employ weak gravitational lensing mass calibration from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 3 data for 688 clusters at $z < 0.95$ and from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) for 39 clusters with $0.6 < z < 1.7$. Our cluster sample is a powerful probe of $f(R)$ gravity, because this model predicts a scale-dependent enhancement in the growth of structure, which impacts the halo mass function (HMF) at cluster mass scales. To account for these modified gravity effects on the HMF, our analysis employs a semi-analytical approach calibrated with numerical simulations. Combining calibrated cluster counts with primary cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization anisotropy measurements from the Planck2018 release, we derive robust constraints on the $f(R)$ parameter $f_{R0}$. Our results, $\log_{10} |f_{R0}| < -5.32$ at the 95 % credible level, are the tightest current constraints on $f(R)$ gravity from cosmological scales. This upper limit rules out $f(R)$-like deviations from general relativity that result in more than a $\sim$20 % enhancement of the cluster population on mass scales $M_\mathrm{200c}>3\times10^{14}M_\odot$.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Vogt, S. M. L., Bocquet, S., Davies, C. T., Mohr, J. J., Schmidt, F., Ruan, C. -Z., Li, B., Hern\'andez-Aguayo, C., Grandis, S., Bleem, L. E., Klein, M., Schrabback, T., Aguena, M., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Campos, A., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E. S., De Vicente, J., Doel, P., Everett, S., Ferrero, I., Frieman, J., Garc\'ia-Bellido, J., Gatti, M., Giannini, G., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Lee, S., Lima, M., Marshall, J. L., Mena-Fern\'andez, J., Miquel, R., Myles, J., Paterno, M., Pieres, A., Malag\'on, A. A. Plazas, Reichardt, C. L., Romer, A. K., Samuroff, S., Sarkar, A., Sanchez, E., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Vikram, V., Weaverdyck, N., Weller, J.
Institutions: Technical University of Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Durham University, Universität Innsbruck, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago, Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia, University College London, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University, Institute for High Energy Physics, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Trieste Astronomical Observatory, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, Universität Hamburg, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, California Institute of Technology, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Instituto de Física Teórica, University of Pennsylvania, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois System, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The University of Queensland, Universidade de São Paulo, Texas A&M University, University of California, Santa Cruz, Stanford University, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Princeton University, National Observatory, The University of Melbourne, University of Sussex, Northeastern University, Lancaster University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Michigan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Space Telescope Science Institute, Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, European Commission, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Office of Science, Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, European Regional Development Fund, High Energy Physics, FP7 Ideas: European Research Council
Awards: G1019363846, G1054097061, G1249197737, Capitalizing on Gravitational Shear, G1328166135, G1491530973, Testing the Dark Energy Paradigm and Measuring Neutrino Mass with the Dark Energy Survey, G1682672702, G1897041155, G1993551506, G2210046908, G265847165, G2916908045, G3154116105, G3207356259, G3523651922, G3586607516, G3715052068, G3740091667, The Dark Energy Survey Data Management Operations, G3835817722, G3870743921, G393177772, G3968781304, G4066435496, G4104599821, G419118642, G4249765484, G433322167, G4334057779, EXC 2094: ORIGINS: Vom Ursprung des Universums bis zu den ersten Bausteinen des Lebens, G4404904460, G4478587286, G4518818167, G454676879, Understanding the Origin of Cosmic Structure, G4760961572, G490073602, G4960654128, G496129201, G498139845, G5616713406, G5617605617, G5702163051, G58316358, G585908603, G6273510985, G6480793128, G6514847661, G6619390584, G6636566961, G6676276723, G6731467812, G6756316859, G6877935218, G7038324121, G716412294, G7454705356, G767601387, G7711421660, G775452760, G8082290938, G8210229802, Collaborative Research: The Dark Energy Survey Data Management Operations, South Pole Telescope Operations and Data Products, G86560745, G8989077169, G969889393
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