Comparison of Einstein-Boltzmann solvers for testing general relativity

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. We look at three general purpose codes that primarily model general scalar-tensor theories, three codes that model...

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Main Authors: Bellini, E, Barreira, A, Frusciante, N, Hu, B, Peirone, S, Raveri, M, Zumalacárregui, M, Avilez-Lopez, A, Ballardini, M, Battye, R, Bolliet, B, Calabrese, E, Dirian, Y, Ferreira, P, Finelli, F, Huang, Z, Ivanov, M, Lesgourgues, J, Li, B, Lima, N, Pace, F, Paoletti, D, Sawicki, I, Silvestri, A, Skordis, C, Umiltà, C, Vernizzi, F
Format: Journal article
Published: American Physical Society 2018
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Summary: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. We look at three general purpose codes that primarily model general scalar-tensor theories, three codes that model Jordan-Brans-Dicke (JBD) gravity, a code that models f(R) gravity, a code that models covariant Galileons, a code that models Ho\v{r}ava-Lifschitz gravity and two codes that model non-local models of gravity. Comparing predictions of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background and the power spectrum of dark matter for a suite of different models, we find agreement at the sub-percent level. This means that this suite of Einstein-Boltzmann solvers is now sufficiently accurate for precision constraints on cosmological and gravitational parameters.