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We consider evidence for deviations from General Relativity (GR) in the growth of large scale structure, using two parameters, $\gamma$ and $\eta$, to quantify the modification. We consider the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect (ISW) in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-10 Rachel Bean

We use the optimised skew-spectrum as well as the skew-spectra associated with the Minkowski Functionals (MFs) to test the possibility of using the cross-correlation of the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect (ISW) and lensing of the cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 D. Munshi , B. Hu , A. Renzi , A. Heavens , P. Coles

We use cosmological constraints from current data sets and a figure of merit (FoM) approach to probe any deviations from general relativity (GR) at cosmological scales. The FoM approach is used to study the constraining power of various…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-30 Jason Dossett , Jacob Moldenhauer , Mustapha Ishak

General Relativity (GR) describes gravitation well at the energy scales which we have so far been able to achieve or detect. However, we do not know whether GR is behind the physics governing stronger gravitational field regimes, such as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-13 Priscilla Canizares , Jonathan R. Gair , Carlos F. Sopuerta

We test general relativity (GR) at the effective redshift $\bar{z} \sim 1.5$ by estimating the statistic $E_G$, a probe of gravity, on cosmological scales $19 - 190\,h^{-1}{\rm Mpc}$. This is the highest-redshift and largest-scale…

The cosmic acceleration problem remains one of the most significant challenges in cosmology. One of the proposed solutions to this problem is the modification of gravity on large scales. In this paper, we explore the well-known…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-04 Uendert Andrade , Abraão J. S. Capistrano , Eleonora Di Valentino , Rafael C. Nunes

In this paper we place observational constraints on the well-known $\gamma$-gravity $f(R)$ model using the latest cosmological data, namely we use the latest growth rate, Cosmic Microwave Background, Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Supernovae…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-17 Clara Álvarez Luna , Spyros Basilakos , Savvas Nesseris

General relativity (GR) predicts concordant trajectories for photons and gravitational waves (GW). We propose a new multi-messenger avenue (GW-CMB-CMB) to prove this aspect of fundamental physics by cross-correlating the GW signal of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-25 Suvodip Mukherjee , Benjamin D. Wandelt , Joseph Silk

We construct a consistency test of General Relativity (GR) on cosmological scales. This test enables us to distinguish between the two alternatives to explain the late-time accelerated expansion of the universe, that is, dark energy models…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Yong-Seon Song , Kazuya Koyama

Gravitational interaction of cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons with matter perturbations present along the line-of-sight to the surface of last scattering modifies the shape of the CMB anisotropy power spectrum. Here I focus on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-28 Radek Stompor

General relativity (GR) faces challenges from cosmic acceleration and observational tensions, necessitating stringent tests at cosmological scales. In this work, we probe GR deviations via a $\mu$--$\Sigma$ modified gravity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-29 Guo-Hong Du , Tian-Nuo Li , Tonghua Liu , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

We cross-correlate large scale structure (LSS) observations from a number of surveys with CMB anisotropies from WMAP to investigate the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect as a function of redshift, covering z~0.1-2.5. Our main goal is to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Shirley Ho , Christopher M. Hirata , Nikhil Padmanabhan , Uros Seljak , Neta Bahcall

We present constraints on testing general relativity (GR) at cosmological scales using recent data sets and assess the impact of galaxy intrinsic alignment (IA) in the CFHTLenS lensing data on those constraints. We consider CMB temperature…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 Jason N. Dossett , Mustapha Ishak , David Parkinson , Tamara M. Davis

The direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration has opened a new window with which to measure cosmological parameters such as the Hubble constant $H_0$, and also probe general relativity on large scales. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-08-14 S. Mastrogiovanni , D. Steer , M. Barsuglia

We perform observational tests of modified gravity on cosmological scales following model-dependent and model-independent approaches using the latest astronomical observations, including measurements of the local Hubble constant, cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-04 Jian Li , Gong-Bo Zhao

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is sensitive to the recent phase of accelerated cosmic expansion through the late-time integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect, which manifests as secondary temperature fluctuations on large angular scales.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-31 Simon Foreman , P. Daniel Meerburg , Joel Meyers , Alexander van Engelen

We review recent developments and results in testing general relativity (GR) at cosmological scales. The subject has witnessed rapid growth during the last two decades with the aim of addressing the question of cosmic acceleration and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-09 Mustapha Ishak

We present updated constraints on modified gravity by including the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect from CMB lensing-CMB temperature cross-correlations, based on the latest Planck PR4 maps. Utilizing the Effective Field Theory of dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-16 Anton Chudaykin , Martin Kunz , Julien Carron

The $E_G$ statistic provides a valuable tool for evaluating predictions of General Relativity (GR) by probing the relationship between gravitational potential and galaxy clustering on cosmological scales within the observable universe. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-07 Shang Li , Jun-Qing Xia

An important route to testing General Relativity (GR) at cosmological scales is usually done by constraining modified gravity (MG) parameters added to the Einstein perturbed equations. Most studies have analyzed so far constraints on pairs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-10 Cristhian Garcia-Quintero , Mustapha Ishak
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