title: Constraints on gravity on cosmic scales with upcoming large-scale structure surveys.
abstract: We consider how upcoming, prospective large-scale structure surveys, measuring galaxy weak lensing and position in tandem with the cosmic microwave background temperature anisotropies, constrain cosmic scale modifications to general relativity. In such theories, both the homogeneous expansion history and the growth of large-scale structure can have signatures of the modification. We consider an equation of state figure of merit parameter, and introduce an analogous figure of merit parameter for modified gravity, to quantify the relative constraints. We discuss how assumptions about the presence of astrophysical and instrumental systematics such as galaxy bias, intrinsic alignments, weak lensing shear calibration uncertainties and photometric redshift offsets can impact the prospective dark energy constraints.
authors.affiliation: Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. rbean@astro.cornell.edu
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bean