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N-body simulations, halo mass functions, and halo density profile in $f(T)$ gravity

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(2022)cite arxiv:2204.06845Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures.

Abstract

We perform N-body simulations for $f(T)$ gravity using the ME-Gadget code, in order to investigate for the first time the structure formation process in detail. Focusing on the power-law model, and considering the model-parameter to be consistent within 1$\sigma$ with all other cosmological datasets (such as SNIa, BAO, CMB, CC), we show that there are clear observational differences between $Łambda$CDM cosmology and $f(T)$ gravity, due to the modifications brought about the latter in the Hubble function evolution and the effective $Newtons$ constant. We extract the matter density distribution, matter power spectrum, counts-in-cells, halo mass function and excess surface density (ESD) around low density positions (LDPs) at present time. Concerning the matter power spectrum we find a difference from $Łambda$CDM scenario, which is attributed to about 2/3 to the different expansion and to about 1/3 to the effective gravitational constant. Additionally, we find a difference in the cells, which is significantly larger than the Poisson error, which may be distinguishable with weak-lensing reconstructed mass maps. Moreover, we show that there are different massive halos with mass $M>10^14M_ødot/h$, which may be distinguishable with statistical measurements of cluster number counting, and we find that the ESD around LDPs is mildly different. In conclusion, high-lighting possible smoking guns, we show that large scale structure can indeed lead us to distinguish General Relativity and $Łambda$CDM cosmology from $f(T)$ gravity.

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