Novel Probes Project: Tests of gravity on astrophysical scales
Tessa Baker, Alexandre Barreira, Harry Desmond, Pedro G. Ferreira, Bhuvnesh Jain, K. Koyama, Baojiu Li, Lucas Lombriser, Andrina Nicola, Jeremy Sakstein, Fabian Schmidt
Abstract
Modern instruments and observational programs in astrophysics and cosmology have opened new perspectives for probing general relativity on previously unexplored scales. This review provides both a methodological and an observational survey of the constraints on modified-gravity models using astrophysical objects in the cosmological, weak-field regime. It is embedded in the framework of the novel probes project, a forum connecting observers and theorists involved in the study of astrophysical tests of dark sector interactions.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsCosmologyGeneral relativityObservational studyObservational cosmologyField (mathematics)Theoretical physicsAstrophysicsAstronomyDark energyMedicineMathematicsPathologyPure mathematicsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesRadio Astronomy Observations and TechnologyAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena