Diagnostic of $f(R)$ under the $Om(z)$ function

Abstract

We perform the two$-$point diagnostic for the $Om(z)$ function proposed by Sahni $etal$ in 2014 for the Starobinsky and Hu & Sawicki models in $f(R)$ gravity. We show that the observed values of the $Om{h}^2$ function can be explained in $f(R)$ models while in LCDM the $Om{h}^2$ funticon is expected to be a redshift independent number. We perform the analysis for some particular values of ${\Omega }_m^0$ founding a cumulative probability ($P({\chi }^2\le {\chi }_{model}^2)$) $P\sim 0.16$ or $\sim 0.09$ for the better cases versus a cumulative probability of $P\sim 0.98$ in the $\Lambda$CDM scenario. We also show that these models present a characteristic signature around the interval between $z\sim 2$ and $z\sim 4$, that could be confronted with future observations using the same test.

6 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D