Cosmological tensor perturbations in theories beyond ΛCDM
Author(s) -
Mohamed Abdelwahab,
Álvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz,
Peter K. S. Dunsby
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4791747
Subject(s) - physics , cosmic microwave background , gravitational wave , general relativity , tensor (intrinsic definition) , cosmic background radiation , cosmology , theoretical physics , gravitation , cosmological perturbation theory , polarization (electrochemistry) , cosmic cancer database , anisotropy , classical mechanics , astrophysics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , chemistry , pure mathematics
We study for the first time a complete analysis of the imprint of tensor anisotropies on the Cosmic Microwave Background for a class of f(R) gravity theories within the CAMB-PPF framework. Herein we present the most relevant equations, both for the cosmological background and gravitational wave perturbations, taking care to include all effects which arise from f(R) modifications. We find that that the dominant contribution to deviations from General Relativity in the temperature and polarization spectra can be attributed to modifications in the background. This demonstrates the importance of using the correct background in perturbative studies of f(R) gravity
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