Constraining ƒ (R) gravity theory using weak lensing peak statistics from the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope Lensing Survey

Xiangkun Liu; Baojiu Li; Gong-Bo Zhao; Mu-Chen Chiu; Wei Fang; Chuzhong Pan; Qiao Wang; Wei Du; Shuo Yuan; Liping Fu; Zuhui Fan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.051101

Constraining ƒ (R) gravity theory using weak lensing peak statistics from the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope Lensing Survey

Xiangkun Liu, Baojiu Li, Gong-Bo Zhao, Mu-Chen Chiu, Wei Fang, Chuzhong Pan, Qiao Wang, Wei Du, Shuo Yuan, Liping Fu, Zuhui Fan

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In this Letter, we report the observational constraints on the Hu-Sawicki ƒ (R) theory derived from weak lensing peak abundances, which are closely related to the mass function of massive halos. In comparison with studies using optical or x-ray clusters of galaxies, weak lensing peak analyses have the advantages of not relying on mass-baryonic observable calibrations. With observations from the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope Lensing Survey, our peak analyses give rise to a tight constraint on the model parameter |ƒ_R₀| for n=1. The 95% C.L. is log₁₀|ƒ_R0|<−4.82 given WMAP9 priors on (Ω_m, A_s). With Planck15 priors, the corresponding result is log₁₀|ƒ_R₀|<−5.16.

Original language	English
Article number	051101
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	117
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.051101
Publication status	Published - 27 Jul 2016

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The final published version of this article by Xiangkun Liu et al, 'Constraining f (R) gravity theory using weak lensing peak statistics from the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope Lensing Survey,' Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 051101, can be located online at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.051101. © 2016 American Physical Society.
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