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Do current cosmological observations rule out all Covariant Galileons?

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We revisit the cosmology of Covariant Galileon gravity in view of the most recent cosmological data sets, including weak lensing. As a higher derivative theory, Covariant Galileon models do not have a $\Lambda$CDM limit and predict a very different structure formation pattern compared with the standard $\Lambda$CDM scenario. Previous cosmological analyses suggest that this model is marginally disfavoured, yet can not be completely ruled out. In this work we use a more recent and extended combination of data, and we allow for more freedom in the cosmology, by including a massive neutrino sector with three different mass hierarchies. We use the Planck measurements of Cosmic Microwave Background temperature and polarization; Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations measurements by BOSS DR12; local measurements of $H_0$; the joint light-curve analysis supernovae sample; and, for the first time, weak gravitational lensing from the KiDS collaboration. We find, that in order to provide a reasonable fit, a non-zero neutrino mass is indeed necessary, but we do not report any sizable difference among the three neutrino hierarchies. Finally, the comparison of the Bayesian Evidence to the $\Lambda$CDM one shows that in all the cases considered, Covariant Galileon models are statistically ruled out by cosmological data.

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Scalar-Tensor Gravity and DESI 2024 BAO data

astro-ph.CO · 2025-01-25 · conditional · novelty 6.0

With Planck and DESI BAO data, the Brans-Dicke Galileon model prefers a nonzero Galileon term and yields H0 = 71.0 +1.5 -1.3 km/s/Mpc, consistent with SH0ES at 1.2 sigma.

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  • Scalar-Tensor Gravity and DESI 2024 BAO data astro-ph.CO · 2025-01-25 · conditional · none · ref 96 · internal anchor

    With Planck and DESI BAO data, the Brans-Dicke Galileon model prefers a nonzero Galileon term and yields H0 = 71.0 +1.5 -1.3 km/s/Mpc, consistent with SH0ES at 1.2 sigma.