New Parametrization for the Scale Dependent Growth Function in General Relativity

Abstract

We demonstrate the scale dependence of the growth function of cosmological perturbations in dark energy models based on General Relativity. This scale dependence is more prominent on cosmological scales of $100h^{-1}Mpc$ or larger. We derive a new scale dependent parametrization which generalizes the well known Newtonian approximation result $f_0(a)\equiv \frac{d\ln δ_0}{d\ln a}=\om(a)^γ$ ($\gamma =6/11$ for \lcdm) which is a good approximation on scales less than $50h^{-1}Mpc$. Our generalized parametrization is of the form $f(a)=\frac{f_0(a)}{1+\xi (a,k)}$ where $ξ(a,k)=\frac{3 H_{0}^{2} \omm}{a k^2}$. We demonstrate that this parametrization fits the exact result of a full general relativistic evaluation of the growth function up to horizon scales for both \lcdm and dynamical dark energy. In contrast, the scale independent parametrization does not provide a good fit on scales beyond 5% of the horizon scale ($k\simeq 0.01h^{-1}Mpc$).

Revised and extended version. No changes in results. 7 pages, 4 figures. The mathematica files used for the production of the figures may be downloaded from http://leandros.physics.uoi.gr/newpar.zip

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