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Dark Energy and the mass of galaxy clusters

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Up to now, Dark Energy evidences are based on the dynamics of the universe on very large scales, above 1 Gpc. Assuming it continues to behave like a cosmological constant Λ\Lambda on much smaller scales, I discuss its effects on the motion of non-relativistic test-particles in a weak gravitational field and I propose a way to detect evidences of Λ0\Lambda \neq 0 at the scale of about 1 Mpc: the main ingredient is the measurement of galaxy cluster masses.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0703645,
  title  = {Dark Energy and the mass of galaxy clusters},
  author = {Cosimo Bambi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0703645},
  year   = {2008}
}

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