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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 483, Issue 1, Pages L64-L68Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/sly221
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gravitation; galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; galaxies: statistics; cosmology: theory
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- St John's College, Oxford
- Leverhulme
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Beecroft Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
- European Research Council
- L'Agence nationale de la recherche grant [ANR-16-CE23-0002]
- Labex Institut Lagrange de Paris part of the Idex Sorbonne Universites a Paris pour L'Enseignement et la Recherche [ANR-10-LABX-63, ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-16-CE23-0002] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
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Extensions of the standard models of particle physics and cosmology often lead to long-range fifth forces with properties dependent on gravitational environment. Fifth forces on astrophysical scales are best studied in the cosmic web where perturbation theory breaks down. We present constraints on chameleon-and symmetron-screened fifth forces with Yukawa coupling and megaparsec range - as well as unscreened fifth forces with differential coupling to galactic mass components - by searching for the displacements they predict between galaxies' stars and gas. Taking data from the Alfalfa HI survey, identifying galaxies' gravitational environments with the maps of Desmond et al. and forward modelling with a Bayesian likelihood framework, we set upper bounds on fifth-force strength relative to Newtonian gravity from similar to few x 10(-4) (1 sigma) for range lambda(C) = 50 Mpc, to similar to 0.1 for lambda(C) = 500 kpc. In f(R) gravity this requires f(R0) <= few x 10(-8). The analogous bounds without screening are similar to few x 10(-4) and few x 10(-3). These are the tightest and among the only fifth-force constraints on galaxy scales. We show how our results may be strengthened with future survey data and identify the key features of an observational programme for furthering fifth-force tests beyond the Solar system.
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