Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Cosmology Confronted with Observations

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Main Authors: Odintsov, S. D., Oikonomou, V. K., Sharov, German S.
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Published: 2025
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author Odintsov, S. D.
Oikonomou, V. K.
Sharov, German S.
author_facet Odintsov, S. D.
Oikonomou, V. K.
Sharov, German S.
contents Several models within the framework of Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravities are considered with regard their late-time phenomenological viability. The models contain a non-minimally coupled scalar field and satisfy a constraint on the scalar field Gauss-Bonnet coupling, that guarantees that the speed of the tensor perturbations is equal to the speed of light. The late-time cosmological evolution of these Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet models is confronted with the observational data including the Pantheon plus Type Ia supernovae catalogue, the Hubble parameter measurements (cosmic chronometers), data from cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) and baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) including the latest measurements from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Among the considered class of models some of them do not fit the CMB and BAO data. However, there exists some models that generate a viable Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet scenario with well-behaved late-time cosmological evolution that fits the observational data essentially better in comparison to the standard $Λ$-Cold-Dark-Matter model.
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spellingShingle Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Cosmology Confronted with Observations
Odintsov, S. D.
Oikonomou, V. K.
Sharov, German S.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Several models within the framework of Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravities are considered with regard their late-time phenomenological viability. The models contain a non-minimally coupled scalar field and satisfy a constraint on the scalar field Gauss-Bonnet coupling, that guarantees that the speed of the tensor perturbations is equal to the speed of light. The late-time cosmological evolution of these Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet models is confronted with the observational data including the Pantheon plus Type Ia supernovae catalogue, the Hubble parameter measurements (cosmic chronometers), data from cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) and baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) including the latest measurements from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Among the considered class of models some of them do not fit the CMB and BAO data. However, there exists some models that generate a viable Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet scenario with well-behaved late-time cosmological evolution that fits the observational data essentially better in comparison to the standard $Λ$-Cold-Dark-Matter model.
title Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Cosmology Confronted with Observations
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17946