Cosmography of f(R) gravity
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universita di Napoli 'Federico II' and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant' Angelo, Edificio N, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli (Italy)
It is nowadays accepted that the universe is undergoing a phase of accelerated expansion as tested by the Hubble diagram of type Ia supernovae (SNeIa) and several large scale structure observations. Future SNeIa surveys and other probes will make it possible to better characterize the dynamical state of the universe, renewing the interest in cosmography which allows a model independent analysis of the distance-redshift relation. On the other hand, fourth order theories of gravity, also referred to as f(R) gravity, have attracted a lot of interest since they could be able to explain the accelerated expansion without any dark energy. We show here how it is possible to relate the cosmographic parameters (namely, the deceleration q{sub 0}, the jerk j{sub 0}, the snap s{sub 0}, and the lerk l{sub 0} parameters) to the present-day values of f(R) and its derivatives f{sup (n)}(R)=d{sup n}f/dR{sup n} (with n=1, 2, 3), thus offering a new tool to constrain such higher order models. Our analysis thus offers the possibility to relate the model independent results coming from cosmography to the theoretically motivated assumptions of f(R) cosmology.
- OSTI ID:
- 21250812
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 78, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.063504; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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