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Constraints on Newton's Constant from Cosmological Observations

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2020-07-15 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Newton's constant has observational effects on both the CMB power spectra and the light curves of SNIa. We use Planck data, BAO data and the SNIa measurement to constrain the varying Newton's constant GG during the CMB epoch and the redshift ranges of PANTHEON samples, and find no evidence indicating that GG is varying with redshift. By extending the Λ\LambdaCDM model with one free parameter GG, we get G=(6.656350.18560+0.18766)×1011m3kg1s2G =(6.65635_{-0.18560}^{+0.18766} ) \times 10^{-11} \rm m^3kg^{-1}s^{-2} and H0=67.621.25+1.24H_0=67.62^{+1.24}_{-1.25} km s1^{-1} Mpc1^{-1} at 68%\% C.L. from Planck++BAO++uncalibrated PANTHEON. The results show the value of GG is consistent with CODATA 2018, but the H0H_0 tension can't be solved in this way.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2004.13976,
  title  = {Constraints on Newton's Constant from Cosmological Observations},
  author = {Ke Wang and Lu Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.13976},
  year   = {2020}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures

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