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Mohapi, Neo | |||||||
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Rhodes University - Drostdy - Grahamstown - Eastern Cape - South Africa | |||||||
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Test of the Weak Equivalence Principle using strong lensing and velocity dispersion | |||||
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Most alternative theories of gravity struggle to satisfy the equivalence principle and still be distinct from GR. The possibility of an equivalence principle violation at galactic scales would be an exciting prospect. The AWE hypothesis is a non-universally coupled model in which violations of the equivalence principle on galactic scales may be apparent. We investigate strong lensing and velocity dispersion within the framework of this theory, and obtain constraints using observational data. |
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