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arxiv: 1901.01961 · v1 · submitted 2019-01-07 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO · gr-qc

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Future constraints on the gravitational slip with the mass profiles of galaxy clusters

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keywords clustergalaxygravitationalmassslipclustersconstraintsdynamics
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The gravitational slip parameter is an important discriminator between large classes of gravity theories at cosmological and astrophysical scales. In this work we use a combination of simulated information of galaxy cluster mass profiles, inferred by Strong+Weak lensing analyses and by the study of the dynamics of the cluster member galaxies, to reconstruct the gravitational slip parameter $\eta$ and predict the accuracy with which it can be constrained with current and future galaxy cluster surveys. Performing a full-likelihood statistical analysis, we show that galaxy cluster observations can constrain $\eta$ down to the percent level already with a few tens of clusters. We discuss the significance of possible systematics, and show that the cluster masses and numbers of galaxy members used to reconstruct the dynamics mass profile have a mild effect on the predicted constraints.

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