9 July 2020 to 31 January 2025
Europe/Zurich timezone

Testing the equivalence principle on cosmological scales

7 Dec 2021, 15:00
1h 20m

Speaker

Camille Bonvin (Geneva U.)

Description

The weak equivalence principle is one of the cornerstones of general relativity. Its validity has been tested with impressive precision in the Solar System, with experiments involving baryonic matter and light. However, on cosmological scales and when dark matter is concerned, the validity of this principle is still unknown. In this talk I will show how relativistic effects in the large-scale structure can be used to test whether dark matter obeys the weak equivalence principle. I will present forecasts for this new test of gravity for future surveys like the SKA.

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