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Testing Gravity Using Galaxy Clusters: New Constraints on Beyond Horndeski Theories
- Source :
- Sakstein, J, Wilcox, H, Bacon, D, Koyama, K & Nichol, R C 2016, ' Testing gravity using galaxy clusters : new constraints on beyond Horndeski theories ', Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol. 2016, 07 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/07/019, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The Beyond Horndeski class of alternative gravity theories allow for Self-accelerating de-Sitter cosmologies with no need for a cosmological constant. This makes them viable alternatives to $\Lambda$CDM and so testing their small-scale predictions against General Relativity is of paramount importance. These theories generically predict deviations in both the Newtonian force law and the gravitational lensing of light inside extended objects. Therefore, by simultaneously fitting the X-ray and lensing profiles of galaxy clusters new constraints can be obtained. In this work, we apply this methodology to the stacked profiles of 58 high-redshift ($ 0.1<br />Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure. Updated to reflect published version, minor changes from previous version
- Subjects :
- High Energy Physics - Theory
Cosmology and Gravitation
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
General relativity
gr-qc
FOS: Physical sciences
Cosmological constant
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
symbols.namesake
Theoretical physics
0103 physical sciences
Effective field theory
Surface brightness
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Galaxy cluster
Weak gravitational lensing
STFC
Physics
010308 nuclear & particles physics
hep-th
RCUK
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Markov chain Monte Carlo
Gravitational lens
High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
symbols
astro-ph.CO
ST/K00090X/1
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00344885, 11266708, 0004637X, 02649381, and 14757516
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sakstein, J, Wilcox, H, Bacon, D, Koyama, K & Nichol, R C 2016, ' Testing gravity using galaxy clusters : new constraints on beyond Horndeski theories ', Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol. 2016, 07 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/07/019, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....29bb52b41eef6f70d65f15e3516f8cac
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/07/019