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The Abell cluster A586 and the detection of violation of the equivalence principle

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We discuss the current bounds on the Equivalence Principle (EP), in particular from structure formation and, reexamine in this context, the recent claim on the evidence of the interaction between dark matter and dark energy in the Abell Cluster A586 and the ensued violation of the EP.

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  1. Departamento de Física, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

    Orfeu Bertolami & Francisco Gil Pedro

  2. Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, IST, Lisbon, Portugal

    Orfeu Bertolami

  3. Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, C-XI, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Morgan Le Delliou

  4. Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Gama Pinto 2, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal

    Morgan Le Delliou

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Bertolami, O., Gil Pedro, F. & Le Delliou, M. The Abell cluster A586 and the detection of violation of the equivalence principle. Gen Relativ Gravit 41, 2839–2846 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-009-0810-1

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