1.9 Summary and outlook
This section introduced the main features of the most popular dark energy/modified gravity models.
Here we summarize the performance of Euclid with respect to these models. Unless otherwise indicated,
we always assume Euclid with no external priors and all errors fully marginalized over the
standard cosmological parameters. Here RS denotes the redshift survey, WLS the weak lensing
one.
- Euclid (RS) should be able to measure the main standard cosmological parameters to percent
or sub-percent level as detailed in Table 7 (all marginalized errors, including constant equation
of state and constant growth rate, see Table 11 and Figure 20).
- The two CPL parameters
should be measured with errors 0.06 and 0.26, respectively
(fixing the growth rate to fiducial), see Table 11 and Figure 20.
- The equation of state
and the growth rate parameter
, both assumed constant, should
be simultaneously constrained to within 0.04 and 0.03, respectively.
- The growth function should be constrained to within 0.01 – 0.02 for each redshift bin from
to
(see Table 4).
- A scale-independent bias function
should be constrained to within 0.02 for each redshift
bin (see Table 4).
- The growth rate parameters
defined in Eq. 1.8.5 should be measured to within 0.08,
0.17, respectively.
- Euclid will achieve an accuracy on measurements of the dark energy sound speed of
(WLS) and
(RS), if
, or
(WLS) and
(RS), if
.
- The coupling
between dark energy and dark matter can be constrained by Euclid (with
Planck) to less than
(see Figure 30 and Table 13).
- Any departure from GR greater than
in the growth index
will be distinguished
by the WLS [429
].
- Euclid WLS can detect deviations between 3% and 10% from the GR value of the
modified-gravity parameter
(Eq. 1.3.28), whilst with the RS there will be a 20% accuracy
on both
and
(Eq. 1.3.27).
- With the WLS, Euclid should provide an upper limit to the present dimensionless scalaron
inverse mass
of the
scalar (where the time dependent scalar field mass is
defined in Eq. 1.8.37) as
for
and
for
- The WLS will be able to rule out the DGP model growth index with a Bayes factor
[429
], and viable phenomenological extensions could be detected at the
level
for
[199].
At the same time, there are several areas of research that we feel are important for the future of Euclid,
both to improve the current analyses and to maximize its science return. Here we provide a preliminary,
partial list.
- The results of the redshift survey and weak lensing surveys should be combined in a statistically
coherent way
- The set of possible priors to be combined with Euclid data should be better defined
- The forecasts for the parameters of the modified gravity and clustered dark-energy models
should be extended to include more general cases
- We should estimate the errors on a general reconstruction of the modified gravity functions
or of the metric potentials
as a function of both scale and time.