Abstract
The current effort to test general relativity (GR) employs multiple disparate formalisms for different observables, obscuring the relations between laboratory, astrophysical, and cosmological constraints. To remedy this situation, we develop a parameter space for comparing tests of gravity on all scales in the universe. In particular, we present new methods for linking cosmological large-scale structure, the cosmic microwave background, and gravitational waves with classic PPN tests of gravity. Diagrams of this gravitational parameter space reveal a noticeable untested regime. The untested window, which separates small-scale systems from the troubled cosmological regime, could potentially hide the onset of corrections to GR.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 63 |
| Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
| Volume | 802 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 20 2015 |
Keywords
- dark energy
- gravitation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science
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