Confirmation of general relativity on large scales from weak lensing and galaxy velocities

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7286, 2010, Pages 256-258

  Reyes, Reinabelle ^a   Mandelbaum, Rachel ^a   Seljak, Uros ^b,c,d   Baldauf, Tobias ^b   Gunn, James E ^a   Lombriser, Lucas ^b   Smith, Robert E ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; GRAVITY; PERTURBATION; VECTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; GRAVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77949388217     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08857     Document Type: Article

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