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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

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

We present a complete derivation of the observationally motivated definition of the modified gravity statistic $E_G$. Using this expression, we investigate how variations to theory and survey parameters may introduce uncertainty in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-25 C. Danielle Leonard , Pedro G. Ferreira , Catherine Heymans

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

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

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

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

We present measurements of $E_G$, a probe of gravity from large-scale structure, using BOSS LOWZ and CMASS spectroscopic samples, with lensing measurements from SDSS (galaxy lensing) and Planck (CMB lensing). Using SDSS lensing and the BOSS…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-16 Sukhdeep Singh , Shadab Alam , Rachel Mandelbaum , Uros Seljak , Sergio Rodriguez-Torres , Shirley Ho

The $E_G$ statistic is a discriminating probe of gravity developed to test the prediction of general relativity (GR) for the relation between gravitational potential and clustering on the largest scales in the observable universe. We…

We present the first computation of the gravity model testing parameter $E_G$ on realistic simulated modified gravity galaxy mocks. The analysis is conducted using two twin simulations presented in arXiv:1805.09824(1): one based on general…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-19 C. Viglione , P. Fosalba , I. Tutusaus , L. Blot , J. Carretero , P. Tallada , F. Castander

We describe a methodology to probe gravity with the cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing convergence $\kappa$, specifically by measuring $E_G$, the ratio of the Laplacian of the gravitational scalar potential difference with the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Anthony R. Pullen , Shadab Alam , Shirley Ho

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…

Recently Moradinezhad Dizgah & Durrer have shown that the $E_g$ statistics, useful to test theories of modified gravity, is plagued by additional scale and bias dependent lensing contributions. In this work we develop and illustrate a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-12 Basundhara Ghosh , Ruth Durrer

Verlinde's theory of Emergent Gravity (EG) describes gravity as an emergent phenomenon rather than a fundamental force. Applying this reasoning in de Sitter space leads to gravity behaving differently on galaxy and galaxy cluster scales;…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-30 Andrius Tamosiunas , David Bacon , Kazuya Koyama , Robert C. Nichol

The physics of gravity on cosmological scales affects both the rate of assembly of large-scale structure, and the gravitational lensing of background light through this cosmic web. By comparing the amplitude of these different observational…

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 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

Verlinde (2016) proposed that the observed excess gravity in galaxies and clusters is the consequence of Emergent Gravity (EG). In this theory the standard gravitational laws are modified on galactic and larger scales due to the…

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