Cosmological constraints on f(R) gravity theories within the Palatini approach
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We investigate f(R) theories of gravity within the Palatini approach and show how one can determine the expansion history, H(a), for an arbitrary choice of f(R). As an example, we consider cosmological constraints on such theories arising from the supernova type Ia, large scale structure formation and cosmic microwave background observations. We find that best fit to the data is a non-null leading order correction to the Einstein gravity, but the current data exhibits no significant preference over the concordance LCDM model. Our results show that the often considered 1/R models are not compatible with the data. The results demonstrate that the background expansion alone can act as a good discriminator between modified gravity models when multiple data sets are used.
9 pages (A&A), 7 figures. Minor changes to text plus added some references. Accepted for publication in A&A
9 pages (A&A), 7 figures. Minor changes to text plus added some references. Accepted for publication in A&A