Constraints on $f(R)$ gravity from tSZE-selected SPT galaxy clusters and weak lensing mass calibration from DES and HST

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 $M_\mathrm{200c}>3\times10^{14}M_\odot$.

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arXiv (Cornell University)
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2024-09-20
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.043519
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Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
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Constraints on $f(R)$ gravity from tSZE-selected SPT galaxy clusters and weak lensing mass calibration from DES and HST

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Constraints on $f(R)$ gravity from tSZE-selected SPT galaxy clusters and weak lensing mass calibration from DES and HST

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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 $M_\mathrm{200c}>3\times10^{14}M_\odot$.

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Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES), California Institute of Technology (US), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES), Argonne National Laboratory (US), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US), Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US), University of Trieste (IT), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US), The University of Queensland (AU), Urbana University (US), University of California, Santa Cruz (US), Institute for High Energy Physics (ES), Universität Innsbruck (AT), Princeton University (US), University of Michigan (US), Trieste Astronomical Observatory (IT), Sussex County Community College (US), California University of Pennsylvania (US), Valongo Observatory (BR), Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (US), Electronics for Imaging (United States) (US), Excellence Cluster Origins (DE), Menlo School (US), Institut Català de Ciències del Clima (ES), Unge aksjonærer (NO), Indiana Cancer Consortium (US), Michigan United (US), Astrobiology Center (JP), Unidades Centrales Científico-Técnicas (ES), Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (DE), Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht (DE), Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (DE), Hamburg Institut (Germany) (DE), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (FR), Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (BR), Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IT), Melbourne Health (AU), Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (ES), University College London (GB), Carnegie Mellon University (US), Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (NL)
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
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