TY - JOUR
T1 - Indistinguishability of warm dark matter, modified gravity, and coupled cold dark matter
AU - Wei, Hao
AU - Liu, Jing
AU - Chen, Zu Cheng
AU - Yan, Xiao Peng
PY - 2013/8/8
Y1 - 2013/8/8
N2 - The current accelerated expansion of our Universe could be due to an unknown energy component with negative pressure (dark energy) or a modification to general relativity (modified gravity). On the other hand, recently, warm dark matter remarkably rose as an alternative of cold dark matter. Obviously, it is of interest to distinguish these different types of models. In fact, many attempts have been made in the literature. However, in the present work, we show that warm dark matter, modified gravity, and coupled cold dark matter form a trinity; namely, they are indistinguishable by using the cosmological observations of both cosmic expansion history and growth history. Therefore, to break this degeneracy, the other complementary probes beyond the ones of cosmic expansion history and growth history are required.
AB - The current accelerated expansion of our Universe could be due to an unknown energy component with negative pressure (dark energy) or a modification to general relativity (modified gravity). On the other hand, recently, warm dark matter remarkably rose as an alternative of cold dark matter. Obviously, it is of interest to distinguish these different types of models. In fact, many attempts have been made in the literature. However, in the present work, we show that warm dark matter, modified gravity, and coupled cold dark matter form a trinity; namely, they are indistinguishable by using the cosmological observations of both cosmic expansion history and growth history. Therefore, to break this degeneracy, the other complementary probes beyond the ones of cosmic expansion history and growth history are required.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.043510
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.043510
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84884862606
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 88
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 4
M1 - 043510
ER -