从弱透镜和星系速度的大尺度上确认广义相对论
Reinabelle Reyes1, Rachel Mandelbaum, Uros Seljak
1Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA. rreyes@astro.princeton.edu
Nature
|March 12, 2010
概括
一般相对论一般相对论.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 引力物理 引力物理
背景情况:
- 一般相对论是现代宇宙学的基础.
- 它在宇宙学尺度上的有效性需要严格的测试.
- 一个新的测试,E(G),结合了引力透镜,星系聚类和结构增长率.
研究的目的:
- 为了测试广义相对论在宇宙学尺度上的适用性.
- 为了测量E(G) 参数,它对星系偏差不敏感.
- 为了将测量的E (G) 与来自广义相对论和修改引力理论的预测进行比较.
主要方法:
- 利用了一种新的数量E(G) 结合了大规模的引力透镜,星系聚类和结构增长率.
- 通过使用对这个参数不敏感的组合,确保了对星系偏差的强度.
- 分析了几十兆帕塞克长度尺度上的数据.
主要成果:
- 测量的E (G) 是0.39±0.06.
- 这个值与大约0.4.4的广义相对论预测一致.
- 一个张量-向量-标量重力模型被排除在外,但f (R) 理论模型仍然是可能的.
结论:
- 这些发现支持宇宙学尺度上广义相对论的有效性.
- 需要进一步降低测量不确定性,以排除f (R) 重力模型.
- 这项研究提供了对宇宙中引力的强有力的测试.
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