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Galaxy Clusters and Modified Gravity

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This section reviews the potential of galaxy clusters to probe the nature of the gravitational law and dark energy at large scales. Focusing on the predictions of the most popular theories beyond General Relativity, we discuss the key phenomenological implications, their confrontation with observations, along with the relevant current constraints. Finally, we briefly comment on the expectations from future galaxy cluster surveys in this regard.

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    http://www.stsci.edu/~postman/CLASH/.

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    https://kyle.na.astro.it/CLASH-VLT/Public/index.html.

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    \(B \equiv \frac{f_{RR}}{1+f_R} R' \frac{H}{H'}\), with \(' \equiv d/dlna\) where a(t) is the scale factor and R the Ricci scalar.

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Ippocratis D. Saltas is supported by the Czech Science Foundation GAČR (Project: 21-16583M).

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  1. National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece

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Saltas, I.D., Pizzuti, L. (2021). Galaxy Clusters and Modified Gravity. In: Saridakis, E.N., et al. Modified Gravity and Cosmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83715-0_36

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