The Fifth Force in the Local Cosmic Web
Harry Desmond, Pedro G Ferreira, Guilhem Lavaux, Jens Jasche

TL;DR
This paper constrains hypothetical fifth forces in the cosmic web using galaxy data, setting the tightest bounds on their strength and range on galactic scales, and discusses future improvements.
Contribution
It provides the first tight constraints on screened and unscreened fifth forces on galaxy scales using cosmic web data and Bayesian modeling.
Findings
Upper bounds on fifth-force strength relative to gravity are established.
Constraints on $f(R)$ gravity parameter $f_{R0}$ are derived.
Results are among the tightest limits on fifth forces at galactic scales.
Abstract
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. (2018a) and forward-modelling with a Bayesian likelihood framework, we set upper bounds on fifth-force strength relative to Newtonian gravity from for range $\lambda_C…
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