hi_class: Horndeski in the cosmic linear anisotropy solving system

M Zumalacárregui, E Bellini, I Sawicki… - … of Cosmology and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the public version of hi_class (www. hiclass-code. net), an extension of the
Boltzmann code CLASS to a broad ensemble of modifications to general relativity. In …

Gravity at the horizon: on relativistic effects, CMB-LSS correlations and ultra-large scales in Horndeski's theory

J Renk, M Zumalacarregui… - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We address the impact of consistent modifications of gravity on the largest observable
scales, focusing on relativistic effects in galaxy number counts and the cross-correlation …

Maximal freedom at minimum cost: linear large-scale structure in general modifications of gravity

E Bellini, I Sawicki - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a turnkey solution, ready for implementation in numerical codes, for the study of
linear structure formation in general scalar-tensor models involving a single universally …

Comparison of Einstein-Boltzmann solvers for testing general relativity

E Bellini, A Barreira, N Frusciante, B Hu, S Peirone… - Physical Review D, 2018 - APS
We compare Einstein-Boltzmann solvers that include modifications to general relativity and
find that, for a wide range of models and parameters, they agree to a high level of precision …

What can cosmology tell us about gravity? Constraining Horndeski gravity with and

L Pogosian, A Silvestri - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
Phenomenological functions Σ and μ (also known as G light/G and G matter/G) are
commonly used to parametrize possible modifications of the Poisson equation relating the …

A simplified approach to general scalar-tensor theories

J Bloomfield - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The most general covariant action describing gravity coupled to a scalar field with only
second order equations of motion, Horndeski's theory (also known as``Generalized …

The two faces of mimetic Horndeski gravity: disformal transformations and Lagrange multiplier

F Arroja, N Bartolo, P Karmakar… - Journal of Cosmology …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We show that very general scalar-tensor theories of gravity (including, eg, Horndeski
models) are generically invariant under disformal transformations. However there is a …

Imprints of cosmological tensions in reconstructed gravity

L Pogosian, M Raveri, K Koyama, M Martinelli… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
There has been substantial interest in modifications of the standard Λ cold dark matter (Λ
CDM, where Λ is the cosmological constant) cosmological model prompted by tensions …

KiDS+ GAMA: constraints on horndeski gravity from combined large-scale structure probes

A Spurio Mancini, F Köhlinger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present constraints on Horndeski gravity from a combined analysis of cosmic shear,
galaxy–galaxy lensing and galaxy clustering from of the Kilo-Degree Survey and the Galaxy …

Theoretical priors in scalar-tensor cosmologies: Shift-symmetric Horndeski models

D Traykova, E Bellini, PG Ferreira, C García-García… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Attempts at constraining theories of late time accelerated expansion often assume broad
priors for the parameters in their phenomenological description. Focusing on shift-symmetric …