Constraints on f(R) cosmologies from strong gravitational lensing systems
Constraints on f(R) cosmologies from strong gravitational lensing systems
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DOI:
10.1016/j.physletb.2012.06.062
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发表时间:
2012-07
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Kai Liao;Zong-hong Zhu
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作者:
Kai Liao;Zong-hong Zhu
f(R) gravity is thought to be an alternative to dark energy which can explain the acceleration of the universe. It has been tested by different observations including type Ia supernovae (SNIa), the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) and so on. In this Letter, we use the Hubble constant independent ratio between two angular diameter distances D=Dls/Dsto constrain f(R) model in Palatini approach [Formula: see text] . These data are from various large systematic lensing surveys and lensing by galaxy clusters combined with X-ray observations. We also combine the lensing data with CMB and BAO, which gives a stringent constraint. The best-fit results are (α,β)=(−1.50,0.696) or (Ωm,β)=(0.0734,0.696) using lensing data only. When combined with CMB and BAO, the best-fit results are (α,β)=(−3.75,0.0651) or (Ωm,β)=(0.286,0.0651). If we further fix β=0 (corresponding to ΛCDM), the best-fit value for α is α=−4.84−0.68+0.91(1σ)−0.98+1.63(2σ) for the lensing analysis and α=−4.35−0.16+0.18(1σ)−0.25+0.3(2σ) for the combined data, respectively. Our results show that ΛCDM model is within 1σ range.