We have used publicly available kinematic data for the S2 star to constrain the parameter space of MOdified Gravity. Integrating geodesics and using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm we have provided with the first constraint on the scales of the Galactic Centre for the parameter α of the theory, which represents the fractional increment of the gravitational constant G with respect to its Newtonian value. Namely, α≲0.662 at 99.7% confidence level (where α=0 reduces the theory to General Relativity).
@article{arxiv.2206.12699,
title = {Constraining MOdified Gravity with the S2 Star},
author = {Riccardo Della Monica and Ivan de Martino and Mariafelicia de Laurentis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.12699},
year = {2022}
}
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Proceeding of the conference Alternative Gravities and Fundamental Cosmology (ALTECOSMOFUN'21)