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In order to explain cosmic acceleration without invoking "dark" physics, we consider $f(R)$ modified gravity models, which replace the standard Einstein-Hilbert action in General Relativity with a higher derivative theory. We use data from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-08 Jason Dossett , Bin Hu , David Parkinson

We investigate the Minimal Theory of Massive Gravity (MTMG) in the light of different observational data sets which are in tension within the $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. In particular, we analyze MTMG model, for the first time, with the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-30 Jose C. N. de Araujo , Antonio De Felice , Suresh Kumar , Rafael C. Nunes

Recent analyses \cite{Nesseris:2017vor,Kazantzidis:2018rnb} have indicated that an effective Newton's constant $G_{\rm eff}(z)$ decreasing with redshift may relieve the observed tension between the Planck15 best fit $\Lambda$CDM…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-05 Radouane Gannouji , Lavrentios Kazantzidis , Leandros Perivolaropoulos , David Polarski

In this study, we investigate gravitational lensing within modified gravity frameworks, focusing on the Hu-Sawicki $f(R)$ and normal branch Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati (nDGP) models, and we compare these results with those obtained from general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-03 Ali Tizfahm , Saeed Fakhry , Javad T. Firouzjaee , Antonino Del Popolo

As cosmology rapidly approaches the data-dominated phase of stage IV large scale structure surveys, the modelling of nonlinear scales has become a serious challenge that faces the community, particularly when analysing models beyond $w$CDM.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 Sankarshana Srinivasan , Shreya Prabhu , Kai Lehman , Ajiv Krishnan V. , Jochen Weller

The measurement of the size of gravitationally bounded structures is an important test of gravity theories. For a given radius different theories can in fact predict a different gravitational stability mass (GSM) necessary to ensure the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-18 Camilo Santa , Antonio Enea Romano

f(R) gravity is thought to be an alternative to dark energy which can explain the acceleration of the universe. It has been tested by different observations including type Ia supernovae (SNIa), the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-12 Kai Liao , Zong-Hong Zhu

Strong gravitational lensing provides a natural opportunity to test General Relativity (GR). We propose a model-independent method for simultaneous constraining on Hubble constant ($H_0$) and post-Newtonian parameter (${\gamma_{\rm{PPN}}}$)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-30 Tonghua Liu , Kai Liao

Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR) has been precisely tested on solar system scales, but extragalactic tests are still poorly performed. In this work, we use a newly compiled sample of galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-02 Jun-Jie Wei , Yun Chen , Shuo Cao , Xue-Feng Wu

Screening mechanisms are essential components in many modified gravity theories, which satisfy local tests of General Relativity (GR) and address cosmic acceleration on cosmological scales. The strong gravitational lensing of gravitational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-11 Chengsheng Mu , Shuo Cao , Shuxun Tian , Xinyue Jiang , Chenfa Zheng , Dadian Cheng

The combination of Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing (GGL) and Redshift Space Distortion of galaxy clustering (RSD) is a privileged technique to test General Relativity predictions, and break degeneracies between the growth rate of structure parameter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-17 E. Jullo , S. de la Torre , M. -C. Cousinou , S. Escoffier , C. Giocoli , R. Benton Metcalf , J. Comparat , H. -Y. Shan , M. Makler , J. -P. Kneib , F. Prada , G. Yepes , S. Gottlöber

Although general relativity underlies modern cosmology, its applicability on cosmological length scales has yet to be stringently tested. Such a test has recently been proposed, using a quantity, EG, that combines measures of large-scale…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-11 Reinabelle Reyes , Rachel Mandelbaum , Uros Seljak , Tobias Baldauf , James E. Gunn , Lucas Lombriser , Robert E. Smith

General relativity (GR) has been well tested up to solar system scales, but it is much less certain that standard gravity remains an accurate description on the largest, that is, cosmological, scales. Many extensions to GR have been studied…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Austin Peel , Valeria Pettorino , Carlo Giocoli , Jean-Luc Starck , Marco Baldi

We demonstrate a new method to constrain gravity on the largest cosmological scales by combining measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing and the galaxy velocity field. $E_G$ is a statistic, constructed from a gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-09 Anthony R. Pullen , Shadab Alam , Siyu He , Shirley Ho

Cosmological constraints on the scalar-tensor theory of gravity by analyzing the angular power spectrum data of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) obtained from the Planck 2015 results are presented. We consider the harmonic attractor…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 Junpei Ooba , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Takeshi Chiba , Naoshi Sugiyama

Although general relativity (GR) has been precisely tested at the solar system scale, precise tests at a galactic or cosmological scale are still relatively insufficient. Here, in order to test GR at the galactic scale, we use the newly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-07 Xiao-Hui Liu , Zhen-Hua Li , Jing-Zhao Qi , Xin Zhang

We apply the technique of parameter-splitting to existing cosmological data sets, to check for a generic failure of dark energy models. Given a dark energy parameter, such as the energy density Omega_Lambda or equation of state w, we split…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Sheng Wang , Lam Hui , Morgan May , Zoltan Haiman

We measure a combination of gravitational lensing, galaxy clustering, and redshift-space distortions called $E_G$. The quantity $E_G$ probes both parts of metric potential and is insensitive to galaxy bias and $\sigma_8$. These properties…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-13 Shadab Alam , Hironao Miyatake , Surhud More , Shirley Ho , Rachel Mandelbaum

Cosmological constraints are usually derived under the assumption of a $6$ parameters $\Lambda$-CDM theoretical framework or simple one-parameter extensions. In this paper we present, for the first time, cosmological constraints in a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-30 Eleonora Di Valentino , Alessandro Melchiorri , Joseph Silk

We use a range of cosmological data to constrain phenomenological modifications to general relativity on cosmological scales, through modifications to the Poisson and lensing equations. We include cosmic microwave background anisotropy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-29 Agnès Ferté , Donnacha Kirk , Andrew R. Liddle , Joe Zuntz