Parameterizing the Effect of Dark Energy Perturbations on the Growth of Structures

Jul, 2008
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 668 (2008) 171-176
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-PH-TH-2008-160,
  • IFT-UAM-CSIC-08-46

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We present an analytical fit to the growth function of the dark matter perturbations when dark energy perturbations are present. The growth index γ depends upon the dark energy equation of state w , the speed of sound of the dark energy fluctuations, the dark matter abundance and the observed comoving scale. The growth index changes by O(5%) for small speed of sound and large deviations of w from −1 with respect to its value in the limit of no dark energy perturbations.