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We propose a novel method to measure the $E_G$ statistic from clustering alone. The $E_G$ statistic provides an elegant way of testing the consistency of General Relativity by comparing the geometry of the Universe, probed through…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-15 Muntazir M. Abidi , Camille Bonvin , Mona Jalilvand , Martin Kunz

The standard cosmological model is based on general relativity and includes dark matter and dark energy. An important prediction of this model is a fixed relationship between the gravitational potentials responsible for gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Pengjie Zhang , Michele Liguori , Rachel Bean , Scott Dodelson

We carry out a joint analysis of redshift-space distortions and galaxy-galaxy lensing, with the aim of measuring the growth rate of structure; this is a key quantity for understanding the nature of gravity on cosmological scales and…

We combine measurements of galaxy velocities from galaxy surveys with measurements of the Weyl potential from the Dark Energy Survey to test the consistency of General Relativity at cosmological scales. Taking the ratio of two…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-26 Nastassia Grimm , Camille Bonvin , Isaac Tutusaus

In this paper, we assemble a well-defined sample of early-type gravitational lenses extracted from a large collection of 158 systems, and use the redshift distribution of galactic-scale lenses to test the standard cosmological model…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Yu-Bo Ma , Shuo Cao , Jia Zhang , Shuaibo Geng , Yuting Liu , Tonghua Liu , Yu Pan

We measure the cross-correlation between weak lensing of galaxy images and of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The effects of gravitational lensing on different sources will be correlated if the lensing is caused by the same mass…

We use galaxy-galaxy weak lensing data to perform a novel test on general relativity (GR) and $f(T)$ torsional gravity. In particular, we impose strong constraints using the torsional (teleparallel) formulation of gravity in which the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Zhaoting Chen , Wentao Luo , Yi-Fu Cai , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

Combined survey analyses of galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing (3x2-pt studies) will allow new and accurate tests of the standard cosmological model. However, careful validation is necessary to ensure that these cosmological…

A key task in cosmology is to test the validity of general relativity (GR) at cosmological scales and, therefore, to distinguish between dark energy and modified gravity (MG) as the driver of the late-time cosmic acceleration. The decay…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-07 Xinyi Zhao , Pengjie Zhang , Fuyu Dong

Gravitational waves (GWs) emitted by binary sources are interesting signals for testing gravity on cosmological scales since they allow measurements of the luminosity distance. When followed by electromagnetic counterparts, in particular,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-17 Isabela S. Matos , Emilio Bellini , Maurício O. Calvão , Martin Kunz

The large scale structure catalogs within DESI Data Release 1 (DR1) use nearly 6 million galaxies and quasars as tracers of the large-scale structure of the universe to measure the expansion history with baryon acoustic oscillations and the…

We assess the effect of magnification bias on the $E_G$ statistic for probing gravity. $E_G$, a statistic constructed from power spectrum estimates of both weak lensing and redshift space distortions (RSD), directly tests general relativity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Shengqi Yang , Anthony R. Pullen

Since gravitational waves (GWs) propagate freely through a perfect fluid, coalescing compact binary systems as standard sirens allow to measure the luminosity distance directly and provide distance measurements unaffected by the cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-23 Shuaibo Geng , Shuo Cao , Tonghua Liu , Marek Biesiada , Jingzhao Qi , Yuting Liu , Zong-Hong Zhu

The gravitational potential decay rate (DR) is caused by the cosmic acceleration of the universe, providing a direct probe into the existence of dark energy (DE). We present measurements of DR and explore its implications for DE models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 Fuyu Dong , Pengjie Zhang , Haojie Xu , Jian Qin

Gravitational lensing has long been used to measure or constrain cosmology models. Although the lensing effect of gravitational waves has not been observed by LIGO/Virgo, it is expected that there can be a few to a few hundreds lensed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-19 Shaoqi Hou , Xi-Long Fan , Zong-Hong Zhu

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

Gravitational lensing can provide pure geometric tests of the structure of space-time, for instance by determining empirically the angular diameter distance-redshift relation. This geometric test has been demonstrated several times using…