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Limits on deviations from the inverse-square law on megaparsec scales

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We present an attempt to constrain deviations from the gravitational inverse-square law on large-scale structure scales. A perturbed law modifies the Poisson equation, which implies a scale-dependent growth of overdensities in the linear regime and thus modifies the power spectrum shape. We use two large-scale structure surveys (the Sloan Digital Sky survey and the Anglo-Australian Two-degree field galaxy redshift survey) to constrain the parameters of two simple modifications of the inverse-square law. We find no evidence for deviations from normal gravity on the scales probed by these surveys (~ 10^(23) m.)

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0404111,
  title  = {Limits on deviations from the inverse-square law on megaparsec scales},
  author = {Carolyn Sealfon and Licia Verde and Raul Jimenez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0404111},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures. Replaced with published version

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