The Vainshtein mechanism in the cosmic web

Falck, B.; Koyama, K.; Zhao, G.; Li, B.

Abstract

We investigate the dependence of the Vainshtein screening mechanism on the cosmic web morphology of both dark matter particles and halos as determined by ORIGAMI. Unlike chameleon and symmetron screening, which come into effect in regions of high density, Vainshtein screening instead depends on the dimensionality of the system, and screened bodies can still feel external fields. ORIGAMI is well-suited to this problem because it defines morphologies according to the dimensionality of the collapsing structure and does not depend on a smoothing scale or density threshold parameter. We find that halo particles are screened while filament, wall, and void particles are unscreened, and this is independent of the particle density. However, after separating halos according to their large scale cosmic web environment, we find no difference in the screening properties of halos in filaments versus halos in clusters. We find that the fifth force enhancement of dark matter particles in halos is greatest well outside the virial radius. We confirm the theoretical expectation that even if the internal field is suppressed by the Vainshtein mechanism, the object still feels the fifth force generated by the external fields, by measuring peculiar velocities and velocity dispersions of halos. Finally, we investigate the morphology and gravity model dependence of halo spins, concentrations, and shapes.

Citation

Falck, B., Koyama, K., Zhao, G., & Li, B. (2014). The Vainshtein mechanism in the cosmic web. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2014(07), Article 058. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/058

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 9, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jul 31, 2014
• Publication Date: Jul 31, 2014
• Deposit Date: May 1, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 26, 2016
• Journal: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
• Electronic ISSN: 1475-7516
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2014
• Issue: 07
• Article Number: 058
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/058
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1434529
• Related Public URLs: http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.2206