Constraints on Growth Index from LSS

Abstract

AbstractWe utilize the clustering properties of the Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) and the growth rate data in order to constrain the growth index (γ) of the linear matter fluctuations based on a standard χ2joint likelihood analysis between theoretical expectations and data. We find a value of γ=0.56± 0.05, perfectly consistent with the expectations of the ΛCDM model, and Ωm0=0.29± 0.02, in very good agreement with the latest Planck results. Our analysis provides significantly more stringent growth index constraints with respect to previous studies as indicated by the fact that the corresponding uncertainty is only ∼ 0.09 γ.