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A characteristic signature of fourth order gravity

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We present for the first time the complete matter power spectrum for Rn gravity which has been derived from the fourth order scalar perturbation equations. This leads to the discovery of a characteristic signature of fourth order gravity in the matter power spectrum, the details of which have not seen before in other studies in this area and therefore provides a crucial test for fourth order gravity on cosmological scales.

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  • Power Spectrum
  • Density Perturbation
  • Cosmological Perturbation
  • Matter Power Spectrum
  • Small Scale Perturbation

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Kishore N. Ananda

  2. Institut de Cincies de l’Espai (CSIC-IEEC) Campus UAB – Facultat de Ciencies, Torre C5 - Parell 2da Pl., E-08193, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain

    Sante Carloni

  3. Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Peter K S Dunsby

  4. South African Astronomical Observatory, Observatory Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Peter K S Dunsby

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    Sergey D. Odintsov

  2. , Facultat de Ciències, Institut de Ciències de l'Espai ICE-CSIC, Barcelona, 08193, Spain

    Diego Sáez-Gómez

  3. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona, 08034, Spain

    Sebastian Xambó-Descamps

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Ananda, K.N., Carloni, S., Dunsby, P.K.S. (2011). A characteristic signature of fourth order gravity. In: Odintsov, S., Sáez-Gómez, D., Xambó-Descamps, S. (eds) Cosmology, Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 137. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19760-4_15

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