# Testing gravity on cosmological scales with cosmic shear, cosmic microwave background anisotropies, and redshift-space distortions

@article{Ferte2017TestingGO,
title={Testing gravity on cosmological scales with cosmic shear, cosmic microwave background anisotropies, and redshift-space distortions},
author={Agnes Fert'e and Donnacha Kirk and Andrew R. Liddle and Joe Zuntz},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={2017}
}
• Published 5 December 2017
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We use a range of cosmological data to constrain phenomenological modifications to general relativity on cosmological scales, through modifications to the Poisson and lensing equations. We include cosmic microwave background anisotropies measurements from the Planck satellite, cosmic shear from CFHTLenS and DES-SV, and redshift-space distortions from BOSS data release 12 and the 6dF galaxy survey. We find no evidence of departures from general relativity, with the modified gravity parameters…

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