Hi-COLA: fast, approximate simulations of structure formation in Horndeski gravity

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2023/03/040zbMATH Open1522.83460arXiv2209.01666OpenAlexW4327724544MaRDI QIDQ6100412FDOQ6100412

Authors: Bill S. Wright, Tessa Baker, Georgios Valogiannis 

Publication date: 12 May 2023

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce $extttHi-COLA$, a code designed to run fast, approximate $extitN$-body simulations of non-linear structure formation in reduced Horndeski gravity. Given an input Lagrangian, $extttHi-COLA$ dynamically constructs the appropriate field equations and consistently solves for the cosmological background, linear growth, and screened fifth force of that theory. Hence $extttHi-COLA$ is a general, adaptable, and useful tool that allows the mildly non-linear regime of many Horndeski theories to be investigated for the first time, at low computational cost. In this work, we first describe the screening approximations and simulation setup of $extttHi-COLA$ for theories with Vainshtein screening. We validate the code against traditional $extitN$-body simulations for cubic Galileon gravity, finding $2.5\mathrm{\%}$ agreement up to $k_{mmax}=1.2h/mMpc$. To demonstrate the flexibility of $extttHi-COLA$, we additionally run the first simulations of an extended shift-symmetric gravity theory. We use the consistency and modularity of $extttHi-COLA$ to dissect how the modified background, linear growth, and screened fifth force all contribute to departures from $Lambda$CDM in the non-linear matter power spectrum. $extttHi-COLA$ can be found at https://github.com/Hi-COLACode/Hi-COLA .

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.01666

zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitypower spectrumcosmological simulationsGauss-Bonnet-Lovelock-Horndeski-Palatini etc. gravity theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectrum, resolvent (47A10) Lagrange's equations (70H03) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Other fundamental interactions in quantum theory (81V19) Mathematical modeling or simulation for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-10)

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