Testing the equivalence principle with strong lensing time delay variations

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/09/008zbMATH Open1493.83007arXiv2005.07533OpenAlexW3105431058MaRDI QIDQ5070928FDOQ5070928

Authors: Leonardo Giani, Emmanuel Frion 

Publication date: 14 April 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Strong lensing time delay measurements provide a valuable and almost model-independent tool for cosmological investigations. In this work we recognize that they also carry information on the strength of the gravitational coupling at the redshift of the lens, and thus could be in principle used to test the equivalence principle on extragalactic scales. For the case of an extended lens with a static mass distribution we explicitly derive an analytical relation between $dotG/G$ and the relative variation of the time delay. For illustrative purpose, we apply our formula to the light curves of multiple images of the quasar DES J0408-5354 and simulated ones, which results in weak constraints on the variation of $dotG/G$ of order $10^{-1}-10^{-2},y{r}^{-1}$ in the best scenario. Finally, we briefly discuss how those constraints can be improved in the next future.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.07533

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitational lensingmodified gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Delay control/observation systems (93C43)

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