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Null tests of the cosmological constant using supernovae
(American Physical Society, 2014)
The standard concordance model of the Universe is based on the cosmological constant as the
driver of accelerating expansion. This concordance model is being subjected to a growing range
of inter-locking observations. ...
Clustering of quintessence on horizon scales and its imprint on HI intensity mapping
(IOP Science, 2013)
Quintessence can cluster only on horizon scales. What is the effect on the observed matter distribution? To answer this, we need a relativistic approach that goes beyond the standard Newtonian
calculation and deals properly ...
Anti-lensing: the bright side of voids
(American Physical Society, 2013)
More than half of the volume of our Universe is occupied by cosmic voids. The lensing magni ca-
tion e ect from those under-dense regions is generally thought to give a small dimming contribution:
objects on the far side ...
Galaxy correlations and the BAO in a void universe: structure formation as a test of the Copernican Principle
(IOP Science, 2013)
A suggested solution to the dark energy problem is the void model, where accelerated expansion is
replaced by Hubble-scale inhomogeneity. In these models, density perturbations grow on a radially
inhomogeneous background. ...
Einstein's legacy in galaxy surveys
(Oxford University Press, 2015)
Non-Gaussianity in the primordial fluctuations that seeded structure formation produces a signal in the galaxy power spectrum on very large scales. This signal contains vital information about the primordial Universe, but ...
Testing homegeneity with Galaxy Star formation histories
(IOP Publishing, 2013)
Observationally confirming spatial homogeneity on sufficiently large cosmological scales is of importance to test
one of the underpinning assumptions of cosmology, and is also imperative for correctly interpreting dark ...
Testing foundations of modern cosmology with SKA all-sky surveys
(Proceedings of Science, 2014)
Continuum and HI surveys with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will allow us to probe some of
the most fundamental assumptions of modern cosmology, including the Cosmological Principle.
SKA all-sky surveys will map an ...
Probing the imprint of interacting dark energy on very large scales
(American Physical Society, 2015)
The observed galaxy power spectrum acquires relativistic corrections from light-cone effects, and these corrections grow on very large scales. Future galaxy surveys in optical, infrared and radio bands will probe increasingly ...
Measuring redshift-space distortion with future SKA surveys
(Proceedings of Science, 2014)
The peculiar motion of galaxies can be a particularly sensitive probe of gravitational collapse. As
such, it can be used to measure the dynamics of dark matter and dark energy as well the nature
of the gravitational laws ...
Model-independent constraints on dark energy and modified gravity with the SKA
(Proceedings of Science, 2014)
Employing a nonparametric approach of the principal component analysis (PCA), we forecast
the future constraint on the equation of state w(z) of dark energy, and on the effective Newton
constant m(k; z), which parameterise ...