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We study the galaxy bispectrum multipoles in the Hu-Sawicki $f(R)$ gravity model, where a scalar degree of freedom mediates a fifth force that is screened in high-density environments. The model is specified by $f_{R0}$, the present-day background value of the scalar field, which controls the strength of deviations from General Relativity (GR). Using perturbation theory, we compute the redshift-space galaxy bispectrum with the full scale- and time-dependent second-order kernels, incorporating corrections from the scale-dependent growth rate and nonlinear screening. Expanding the bispectrum in spherical harmonics, we analyze the sensitivity of the multipoles to modified gravity and forecast their detectability in a \textit{Euclid}-like survey. The monopole ($B_0^0$) and quadrupole ($B_2^0$) show the strongest signatures, with relative deviations of $2\%$--$8\%$ at $z=0.7$ and $k_1\simeq0.3\,h\,{\rm Mpc}^{-1}$ (largest side of the triangle) for $f_{R0}=10^{-5}$. Higher multipoles provide weaker but complementary signals. For \textit{Euclid}, we forecast signal-to-noise ratios up to $\sim30$ for the monopole and $\sim15$ for the quadrupole including the Finger-of-God damping and shot noise effect. These results demonstrate that bispectrum multipoles are a powerful probe of gravity, capable of breaking degeneracies with bias and velocity effects and strengthening constraints on deviations from $Λ$CDM.
Authors
- Anonymous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5624-1945)
Institutions
- Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Québec (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Indian Statistical Institute (IN)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2026-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/gzk3-t6zw
- Primary Topic
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies