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Massive Neutrinos and Galaxy Clustering in f(R) Gravity Cosmologies
Cosmic neutrinos have been playing a key role in cosmology since the discovery of their mass. They can affect cosmological observables and have several implications being the only hot dark matter candidates that we currently know to exist. The combination of massive neutrinos and an adequate theory of gravity provide a perfect scenario to address questions on the dark sector that have remained unanswered for years. In particular, in the era of precision cosmology, galaxy clustering and redshift-space distortions afford one of the most powerful tools to characterise the spatial distribution of cosmic tracers and to extract robust constraints on neutrino masses. In this chapter, we study how massive neutrinos affect the galaxy clustering and investigate whether the cosmological effects of massive neutrinos might be degenerate with f(R) gravity cosmologies, which would severely affect the constraints.
Part of the book: Progress in Fine Particle Plasmas