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We explore the sensitivity of weak gravitational lensing to second-order corrections to the spacetime metric within a cosmological adaptation of the parameterized post-Newtonian framework. Whereas one might expect nonlinearities of the…

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We present a numerical weak-lensing analysis that is fully relativistic and non-perturbative for the scalar part of the gravitational potential and first-order in the vector part, frame dragging. Integrating the photon geodesics backwards…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Francesca Lepori , Julian Adamek , Ruth Durrer , Chris Clarkson , Louis Coates

Relativistic contributions to the dynamics of structure formation come in a variety of forms, and can potentially give corrections to the standard picture on typical scales of 100 Mpc. These corrections cannot be obtained by Newtonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-14 Sambatra Andrianomena , Chris Clarkson , Prina Patel , Obinna Umeh , Jean-Philippe Uzan

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of weak gravitational lensing and its current applications in cosmology. We begin by introducing the fundamental concepts of gravitational lensing and derive the key equations for the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-06 J. Prat , D. Bacon

We present a nonlinear post-Friedmann framework for structure formation, generalizing to cosmology the weak-field (post-Minkowskian) approximation, unifying the treatment of small and large scales. We consider a universe filled with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-06 Irene Milillo , Daniele Bertacca , Marco Bruni , Andrea Maselli

Effects of General Relativity are usually neglected in the non-linear evolution of structures, where Newtonian $N$-body simulations are traditionally employed. In the post-Friedmann expansion framework, a weak-field relativistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-29 William Beordo , Marco Bruni , Cristian Barrera-Hinojosa , Mariateresa Crosta

We review theory and applications of weak gravitational lensing. After summarising Friedmann-Lemaitre cosmological models, we present the formalism of gravitational lensing and light propagation in arbitrary space-times. We discuss how…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Matthias Bartelmann , Peter Schneider

We present the first calculation of an intrinsically relativistic quantity in fully non-linear cosmolog- ical large-scale structure studies. Traditionally, non-linear structure formation in standard {\Lambda}CDM cosmology is studied using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-26 Marco Bruni , Daniel B. Thomas , David Wands

The accelerated expansion of the Universe remains one of the central open problems in modern cosmology. While the $\Lambda$CDM model successfully describes a wide range of observations, the physical nature of dark energy is still unknown,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-08 Leandro Pardo , Leonardo Castañeda

Observables of cosmic structures are usually not the underlying matter field but biased tracers of matter, such as galaxies or halos. We show how the bias found in Newtonian N-body simulations can be interpreted in terms of the weak-field…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-26 Christian Fidler , Nils Sujata , Cornelius Rampf

We show how standard Newtonian N-body simulations can be interpreted in terms of the weak-field limit of general relativity by employing the recently developed Newtonian motion gauge. Our framework allows the inclusion of radiation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-12 Christian Fidler , Thomas Tram , Cornelius Rampf , Robert Crittenden , Kazuya Koyama , David Wands

Based on a mass-selected sample of galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses from the SLACS, BELLS, LSD and SL2S surveys and using a well-motivated fiducial set of lens-galaxy parameters we tested the weak-field metric on kiloparsec scales…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-08 Shuo Cao , Xiaolei Li , Marek Biesiada , Tengpeng Xu , Yongzhi Cai , Zong-Hong Zhu

We study the nonlinear gravitational dynamics of a universe filled with a pressureless fluid and a cosmological constant $\Lambda$ in the context of Newtonian gravity, and in the relativistic post-Friedmann approach proposed in paper I [I.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-26 Cornelius Rampf , Eleonora Villa , Daniele Bertacca , Marco Bruni

Weak gravitational lensing is one of the primary cosmological probes, providing powerful constraints on the cosmological model. As Stage IV surveys are expected to deliver data of unprecedented precision, accurate modeling of weak…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-10 Mattia Pantiri , Matthieu Schaller , Alessandra Silvestri , Jeger C. Broxterman , Joop Schaye

We present a full-sky derivation of weak lensing observables in the Post-Friedmann (PF) formalism. Weak lensing has the characteristic of mixing small scales and large scales since it is affected by inhomogeneities integrated along the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-09 Hedda A. Gressel , Camille Bonvin , Marco Bruni , David Bacon

Gravitational lensing constitutes one of the most direct observational manifestations of spacetime curvature and provides a powerful probe of compact astrophysical objects. In this work, we present a comprehensive analysis of the bending of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-21 Partha Pratim Basumallick , Saheb Das , Bhaswati Mandal , Subhadip Sau

Weak gravitational lensing provides a unique method to directly map the dark matter in the universe and measure cosmological parameters. Current weak lensing surveys are limited by the atmospheric seeing from the ground and by the small…

We present a framework for general relativistic N-body simulations in the regime of weak gravitational fields. In this approach, Einstein's equations are expanded in terms of metric perturbations about a Friedmann-Lema\^itre background,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Julian Adamek , Ruth Durrer , Martin Kunz

We present the results of weak gravitational lensing statistics in four different cosmological $N$-body simulations. The data has been generated using an algorithm for the three-dimensional shear, which makes use of a variable softening…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Andrew J. Barber , Peter A. Thomas , H. M. P. Couchman , C. J. Fluke

We consider a minimal fractional deformation of Newtonian gravity characterized by a single parameter $\alpha$. In the limit $\alpha \to 1$, the theory reduces to standard Newtonian gravity. Previous works showed that the $\Lambda$CDM…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-18 S. M. M. Rasouli
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