Constraining the variation of G by cosmic microwave background anisotropies

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作者
Chan, K. C. [1 ]
Chu, M.-C.
机构
[1] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Phys, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Inst Theoret Phys, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2007年 / 75卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.75.083521
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P1 [天文学];
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We use the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies (CMBA) power spectra to constrain the cosmological variation of gravitational constant G. It is found that the sensitivity of CMBA to the variation of G is enhanced when G is required to converge to its present value. The variations of G from the CMB decoupling epoch z similar to 1000 to the present time are modeled by a step function and a linear function of scale factor a respectively, and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals for G/G(0) are [0.95, 1.05] and [0.89, 1.13], G(0) being the present value. The CMBA constraint is unique in the sense that it entails the range of redshift from z approximate to 1000 to 0.
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