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arxiv: 1502.04503 · v1 · pith:SVQ7DE4Mnew · submitted 2015-02-16 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO · hep-ph· hep-th

Astrophysical Tests of Modified Gravity

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keywords gravityscalestestsastrophysicalchameleonfuturetheoriesthesis
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Chameleon and similar (symmetron and dilation) theories of gravity can exhibit new and interesting features on cosmological scales whilst screening the modifications on small scales thereby satisfying solar system tests of general relativity. This thesis explores the regime between these two scales: astrophysics. The majority of this thesis is focused on discerning new and novel astrophysical probes of chameleon gravity in the form of stellar structure and oscillation tests. These are used to place new constraints on the theory parameters and the implications of these are discussed, as are the future prospects for improving them using planned future surveys. The final two chapters review supersymmetric completions of these theories.

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