Abstract
We analyse the two-point and marked correlation functions of haloes and galaxies in three variants of the chameleon $f(R)$ gravity model using N-body simulations, and compare to a fiducial $\Lambda$CDM model based on general relativity (GR). Using a halo occupation distribution prescription (HOD) we populate dark matter haloes with galaxies, where the HOD parameters have been tuned such that the galaxy number densities and the real-space galaxy two-point correlation functions in the modified gravity models match those in GR to within $1\sim3\%$. We test the idea that since the behaviour of gravity is dependent on environment, marked correlation functions may display a measurable difference between the models. For this we test marks based on the density field and the Newtonian gravitational potential. We find that the galaxy marked correlation function shows significant differences measured in different models on scales smaller than $r\lesssim 20~h^{-1}$ Mpc. Guided by simulations to identify a suitable mark, this approach could be used as a new probe of the accelerated expansion of the Universe.
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