Linear Cosmological perturbations in $f(Q)$ Gravity

Abstract

In this manuscript, we studied the accelerated expansion history of the universe and the formations of large-scale structures using $f(Q)$ gravity model. The expansion rate of the universe within distance modulus and redshift has been performed in $f(Q)$ gravity. This work is also devoted to investigating the linear cosmological perturbations in the $f(Q)$ gravity model using the $1 + 3$ covariant formalism. The scalar and harmonic decomposition techniques are applied to find the evolution equation. The growth of matter density contrasts is analyzed with redshift $z$. Using the nonmetricity modified gravity model which is $f (Q) = Q+\alpha Q^n$, the accelerating expanding universe and the formations of the large-scale structures have been explained. The quasi-static approximation technique is applied to analyze the growth of matter contrasts. The growth of density contrast is studied within the dust and radiation-dominated universe in the presence of nonmetricity gravity.