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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Javier Sanchez, Ismael Mendoza, David P. Kirkby, Patricia R. Burchat
Summary: This study focuses on the impact of overlapping sources in the next generation of dark-energy imaging surveys on cosmic shear estimation. It predicts the loss in statistical sensitivity due to blending for different surveys and provides a framework based on the Fisher formalism to analyze and handle blending effects in weak gravitational lensing measurements.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2021)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Viraj Nistane, Mona Jalilvand, Julien Carron, Ruth Durrer, Martin Kunz
Summary: In this study, we propose an estimator for the lensing potential using galaxy number counts, which includes a linear and a quadratic term. Our results demonstrate that this estimator has a significantly higher signal-to-noise ratio compared to the corresponding estimator from intensity mapping. The improved signal-to-noise ratio is attributed to the additional lensing term in the number count angular power spectrum, which appears at linear order. We estimate the signal-to-noise ratio for future photometric surveys and find that it can reach an order of magnitude of 30, particularly at high redshifts (z greater than or similar to 1.5). Therefore, we argue that number counts in photometric surveys are an excellent tool for measuring tomographic lensing spectra.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2022)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Noah Sailer, Emanuele Castorina, Simone Ferraro, Martin White
Summary: By using a Fisher matrix formalism based on recent advances in Lagrangian perturbation theory, constraints for future spectroscopic and 21-cm surveys on the standard cosmological model and its extensions were forecasted and compared with those achievable by current or near-future surveys, such as DESI and Euclid, under the same forecasting formalism. Additionally, comparisons were made between the formalism used and traditional linear methods.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Francesca Lepori, Sebastian Schulz, Julian Adamek, Ruth Durrer
Summary: We present for the first time halo number counts and their two-point statistics extracted from relativistic N-body simulations. The halo catalogues are built from the relativistic N-body code gevolution, and the observed positions and redshifts of the sources are computed using a non-perturbative ray-tracing method. We investigate the validity and limitations of linear bias prescription and test a second-order perturbative bias expansion for angular statistics. We also extract the cross-correlation of halo number counts and lensing convergence, finding consistent linear bias estimates and the importance of considering magnification effects.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rahul Kothari, Roy Maartens
Summary: Intensity maps of the 21 cm emission line of neutral hydrogen are lensed by large-scale structures, showing similar lensing effects as the cosmic microwave background temperature map. The lensing contribution to the full-sky 21 cm bispectrum in redshift space tends to peak when equal-redshift fluctuations are lensed by lower redshift fluctuations. At high redshift, lensing effects can be comparable to contributions from density and redshift-space distortions.
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cesar Ramirez-Perez, Javier Sanchez, David Alonso, Andreu Font-Ribera
Summary: CoLoRe is a public software package that efficiently generates synthetic realizations of multiple cosmological surveys. It can simulate the growth of structure with different degrees of accuracy and generate various types of maps. CoLoRe has been tested against analytical theoretical predictions and showcased its performance in a multi-survey simulation. It can be particularly useful in studies aiming to characterize systematics, quantify covariance, and test cross-correlation pipelines for future surveys.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
K. Rojas, E. Savary, B. Clement, M. Maus, F. Courbin, C. Lemon, J. H. H. Chan, G. Vernardos, R. Joseph, R. Canameras, A. Galan
Summary: In this study, a large sample of luminous red galaxies was screened using convolutional neural networks to identify strong lens candidates. A total of 186 new lens candidates were discovered, with 90 of them selected for further analysis, showing promising results in color deblending and automated modeling testing.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ryu Makiya, Issha Kayo, Eiichiro Komatsu
Summary: An algorithm is proposed to self-consistently generate mock weak gravitational lensing convergence fields and galaxy distributions in redshift space. The simulation results show that the galaxy-shear cross-correlation measurements from the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) and Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) surveys are of high quality, with significant signal-to-noise ratios detected at different redshift bins.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nicolas Martinet, Joachim Harnois-Deraps, Eric Jullo, Peter Schneider
Summary: Exploration of complementary cosmological information through non-Gaussian M-ap map statistics has the potential to improve constraints on recent tension in cosmic structure and dark energy, offering a pathway to understanding accelerated expansion.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pierre Fleury, Julien Larena, Jean-Philippe Uzan
Summary: This article introduces a new theoretical framework to model line-of-sight effects in strong-gravitational-lensing systems, with promising applications. The approach relies on the dominant-lens approximation and allows for modeling any sub-critical perturbation. The proposed method can extract a specific notion of line-of-sight shear from strong-lensing images and investigate distortions of critical curves under these effects, providing valuable insights for understanding the large-scale structure and dark-matter halo profiles of the Universe.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Margot M. Brouwer, Kyle A. Oman, Edwin A. Valentijn, Maciej Bilicki, Catherine Heymans, Henk Hoekstra, Nicola R. Napolitano, Nivya Roy, Crescenzo Tortora, Angus H. Wright, Marika Asgari, Jan Luca van den Busch, Andrej Dvornik, Thomas Erben, Benjamin Giblin, Alister W. Graham, Hendrik Hildebrandt, Andrew M. Hopkins, Arun Kannawadi, Konrad Kuijken, Jochen Liske, HuanYuan Shan, Tilman Troester, Erik Verlinde, Manus Visser
Summary: Measurements of radial gravitational acceleration around isolated galaxies using KiDS-1000 data extend understanding of the radial acceleration relation, revealing significant differences between early- and late-type galaxies possibly related to circumgalactic gas. The observed behavior may provide insights into modified gravity theories and the galaxy-to-halo mass relation.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pauline Vielzeuf, Matteo Calabrese, Carmelita Carbone, Giulio Fabbian, Carlo Baccigalupi
Summary: Cosmic voids are powerful probes of cosmology, especially in studying the nature of gravity and the neutrino mass. Recent studies have shown that measurements of void imprint on the lensed Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) are in tension with expectations based on simulations, suggesting the possibility of non-standard cosmological signatures due to massive neutrinos. This study uses cosmological simulations with massive neutrino cosmologies to investigate the impact of neutrinos on void properties observed in photometric surveys and the void-CMB lensing cross-correlation. The results provide insights into the potential role of massive neutrinos in explaining the tension observed and propose a new quantity for distinguishing different neutrino masses through future observations.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ryu Makiya, Tomomi Sunayama
Summary: This study examines the impact of fiber assignment on galaxy clustering and its cross correlation with weak lensing fields. The results show that fiber assignment not only suppresses the amplitude of the galaxy power spectrum, but also introduces artificial correlation of structure at different redshifts, leading to a decrease in the amplitude of the galaxy-lensing cross power spectrum. However, by adjusting the observed galaxy probabilities, the effects of fiber assignment on the cross power spectrum can be mitigated to an accuracy of approximately 1%, while the galaxy power spectrum cannot be fully corrected.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ryu Makiya, Tomomi Sunayama
Summary: This study examines the impact of fiber assignment on galaxy clustering measurements and its cross correlation with weak lensing fields. It is found that fiber assignment not only suppresses the amplitude of the galaxy power spectrum, but also introduces artificial correlation of structures at different redshifts, thereby suppressing the amplitude of the galaxy-lensing cross power spectrum. The effects of fiber assignment on the cross power spectrum can be mitigated by assigning observed galaxies with a probability to be observed, while the correction for the galaxy power spectrum remains challenging.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pedro Carrilho, Chiara Moretti, Benjamin Bose, Katarina Markovic, Alkistis Pourtsidou
Summary: Interacting dark energy models are proposed as alternatives to ACDM, and forthcoming galaxy clustering surveys will provide constraints on these models. This study compares three approaches of modeling non-linearities, considering a model with a simple 1-parameter extension to wCDM. Analysis using simulated data shows that the EFTofLSS-based model is better at describing data up to smaller scales and extracting more information, forecasting uncertainties on the dark energy equation of state and interaction parameter.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Michael T. Murphy, Paolo Molaro, Ana C. O. Leite, Guido Cupani, Stefano Cristiani, Valentina D'Odorico, Ricardo Genova Santos, Carlos J. A. P. Martins, Dinko Milakovic, Nelson J. Nunes, Tobias M. Schmidt, Francesco A. Pepe, Rafael Rebolo, Nuno C. Santos, Sergio G. Sousa, Maria-Rosa Zapatero Osorio, Manuel Amate, Vardan Adibekyan, Yann Alibert, Carlos Allende Prieto, Veronica Baldini, Willy Benz, Francois Bouchy, Alexandre Cabral, Hans Dekker, Paolo Di Marcantonio, David Ehrenreich, Pedro Figueira, Jonay Gonzalez Hernandez, Marco Landoni, Christophe Lovis, Gaspare Lo Curto, Antonio Manescau, Denis Megevand, Andrea Mehner, Giuseppina Micela, Luca Pasquini, Ennio Poretti, Marco Riva, Alessandro Sozzetti, Alejandro Suarez Mascareno, Stephane Udry, Filippo Zerbi
Summary: This study presents a new constraint on the relative variations in the fine-structure constant α using high-resolution spectroscopy with the ESO VLT. The observations of the quasar HE 0515-4414 reveal narrow absorption components, allowing for a more robust analysis. The resulting measurement of Δα/α with parts-per-million (ppm) precision provides valuable insights into cosmological variations.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. P. Faria, A. Suarez Mascareno, P. Figueira, A. M. Silva, M. Damasso, O. Demangeon, F. Pepe, N. C. Santos, R. Rebolo, S. Cristiani, V Adibekyan, Y. Alibert, R. Allart, S. C. C. Barros, A. Cabral, V D'Odorico, P. Di Marcantonio, X. Dumusque, D. Ehrenreich, J. Gonzalez Hernandez, N. Hara, J. Lillo-Box, G. Lo Curto, C. Lovis, C. J. A. P. Martins, D. Megevand, A. Mehner, G. Micela, P. Molaro, N. J. Nunes, E. Palle, E. Poretti, S. G. Sousa, A. Sozzetti, H. Tabernero, S. Udry, M. R. Zapatero Osorio
Summary: Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun, is found to have a third low-mass planetary companion with a 5.12-day orbital period and a minimum mass of 0.26 M-Earth mass, orbiting at 0.029 au from the star. The signal detected is not caused by stellar variability but is attributed to the presence of a planetary companion with a well constrained orbital eccentricity compatible with a circular orbit.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
B. Lavie, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, M. Zapatero Osorio, A. Deline, S. Barros, P. Figueira, A. Sozzetti, J. I. Gonzalez Hernandez, J. Lillo-Box, J. Rodrigues, A. Mehner, M. Damasso, V. Adibekyan, Y. Alibert, C. Allende Prieto, S. Cristiani, V. D'Odorico, P. Di Marcantonio, D. Ehrenreich, R. Genova Santos, G. Lo Curto, C. J. A. P. Martins, G. Micela, P. Molaro, N. Nunes, E. Palle, F. Pepe, E. Poretti, R. Rebolo, N. Santos, S. Sousa, A. Suarez Mascareno, H. Tabrenero, S. Udry
Summary: We conducted radial velocity follow-up observations with ESPRESSO and identified a second transiting planet (LTT 1445A c) and a third non-transiting candidate planet (LTT 1445A d) around the M-type star LTT 1445A (TOI-455). LTT 1445A b, with a lower density than Earth, may have a significant atmosphere and is a potential target for the JWST.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
D. S. Aguado, E. Caffau, P. Molaro, C. Allende Prieto, P. Bonifacio, J. I. Gonzalez Hernandez, R. Rebolo, S. Salvadori, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, S. Cristiani, F. Pepe, N. C. Santos, G. Cupani, P. Di Marcantonio, V. D'Odorico, C. Lovis, N. J. Nunes, C. J. A. P. Martins, D. Milakovic, J. Rodrigues, T. M. Schmidt, A. Sozzetti, A. Suarez Mascareno
Summary: This article presents the characteristics and observational results of the carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) star SMSS J160540.18-144323.1, confirming its chemically unmixed nature and the lack of mass transfer from a binary companion based on the analysis of its radial velocity and isotopic ratio.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bruno J. Barros, Diogo Castelao, Vitor da Fonseca, Tiago Barreiro, Nelson J. Nunes, Ismael Tereno
Summary: In this work, the linear behavior of the constrained interacting dark energy model is analyzed and tested against observational data. It is found that the model enhances matter perturbations at large scales compared to the standard ΛCDM model, which has implications for cosmological observables and early universe physics.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Elsa M. Teixeira, Bruno J. Barros, Vasco M. C. Ferreira, Noemi Frusciante
Summary: This study investigates an interacting dark energy model where the kinetic term of the scalar field is coupled to dark matter via a power-law interaction. The results show the existence of scaling solutions in the early universe, followed by a period of accelerated expansion. The study discusses the phenomenology of the background evolution and linear scalar perturbations, and identifies measurable signatures of the coupling between dark energy and dark matter in various cosmological observables.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Avishek Dusoye, Alvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz, Peter Dunsby, Nelson J. Nunes
Summary: We investigate a new quintessence model with a scalar field disformally coupled to dark matter. The cosmological evolution follows the background of the ACDM model, and the specific form of the quintessence potential is not specified. On large scales, a disformal effect caused by the quintessential mass is observed in the growth rate of cosmological structures. The disformal parameter has no significant impact on the evolution of total matter perturbations. Utilizing Redshift Space Distortion data, we analyze the conformal parameter and quintessential mass to find the best-fit values that may explain the well-known cr8 tension.
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
A. Castro-Gonzalez, O. D. S. Demangeon, J. Lillo-Box, C. Lovis, B. Lavie, V. Adibekyan, L. Acuna, M. Deleuil, A. Aguichine, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, H. M. Tabernero, J. Davoult, Y. Alibert, N. Santos, S. G. Sousa, A. Antoniadis-Karnavas, F. Borsa, J. N. Winn, C. Prieto, P. Figueira, J. M. Jenkins, A. Sozzetti, M. Damasso, A. M. Silva, N. Astudillo-Defru, S. C. C. Barros, X. Bonfils, S. Cristiani, P. Di Marcantonio, J. I. Gonzalez Hernandez, G. Lo Curto, C. J. A. P. Martins, N. J. Nunes, E. Palle, F. Pepe, S. Seager, A. Suarez Mascareno
Summary: The aim of this study is to confirm and characterize the TESS planet candidate TOI-244.01, which is found to be a super-Earth with a small radius and mass. The researchers found that atmospheric loss processes may have occurred, but high mean molecular weight volatiles such as water could have been retained. In addition, the internal structure model of this planet is similar to that of Earth, with a core rich in iron and a mantle dominated by silicates.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. V. Seidel, F. Borsa, L. Pino, D. Ehrenreich, M. Stangret, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, E. Palle, Y. Alibert, R. Allart, V. Bourrier, P. Di Marcantonio, P. Figueira, J. I. Gonzalez Hernandez, J. Lillo-Box, C. Lovis, C. J. A. P. Martins, A. Mehner, P. Molaro, N. J. Nunes, F. Pepe, N. C. Santos, A. Sozzetti
Summary: The blueshifted feature next to the sodium doublet of ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121 b is only generated during the egress part of the transit. The Multinested Eta Retrieval Code (MERC) reveals that it is caused by an equatorial day-to-night-side wind and an opening angle of the jet of at most 60 degrees in latitude.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bruno J. Barros, Alvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz, Francisco S. N. Lobo
Summary: In this study, novel analytical solutions for static and spherically symmetric wormhole geometries threaded by an anisotropic distribution of matter conformally coupled to a scalar ghost field are presented. The dynamics of the scalar field and matter throughout the wormhole, as well as the role played by the nonminimal coupling, are explored. Furthermore, coupled ghosts in the presence of a scalar potential are considered, and the traversability conditions within such geometrical scheme are analyzed.
Proceedings Paper
Instruments & Instrumentation
A. Marconi, M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan, V. Alberti, S. Albrecht, J. Alcaniz, M. Aliverti, C. Allende Prieto, J. D. Alvarado Gomez, P. J. Amado, M. Amate, M. I. Andersen, E. Artigau, C. Baker, V. Baldini, A. Balestra, S. A. Barnes, F. Baron, S. C. C. Barros, S. M. Bauer, M. Beaulieu, O. Bellido-Tirado, B. Benneke, T. Bensby, E. A. Bergin, K. Biazzo, A. Bik, J. L. Birkby, N. Blind, I. Boisse, E. Bolmont, M. Bonaglia, X. Bonfils, F. Borsa, A. Brandeker, W. Brandner, C. H. Broeg, M. Brogi, D. Brousseau, A. Brucalassi, J. Brynnel, L. A. Buchhave, D. F. Buscher, A. Cabral, G. Calderone, R. Calvo-Ortega, F. Cantalloube, B. L. Canto Martins, L. Carbonaro, G. Chauvin, B. Chazelas, A. -L. Cheffot, Y. S. Cheng, A. Chiavassa, L. Christensen, R. Cirami, N. J. Cook, R. J. Cooke, I. Coretti, S. Covino, N. Cowan, G. Cresci, S. Cristiani, V. Cunha Parro, G. Cupani, V. D'Odorico, I. de Castro Leao, A. De Cia, J. R. De Medeiros, F. Debras, M. Debus, O. Demangeon, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, P. Di Marcantonio, F. Dionies, R. Doyon, J. Dunn, D. Ehrenreich, J. P. Faria, C. Feruglio, M. Fisher, A. Fontana, M. Fumagalli, T. Fusco, J. Fynbo, O. Gabella, W. Gaessler, E. Gallo, X. Gao, L. Genolet, M. Genoni, P. Giacobbe, E. Giro, R. S. Goncalves, O. A. Gonzalez, J. I. Gonzalez Hernandez, F. Gracia Temich, M. G. Haehnelt, C. Haniff, A. Hatzes, R. Helled, H. J. Hoeijmakers, P. Huke, A. S. Jaervinen, S. P. Jaervinen, A. Kaminski, A. J. Korn, D. Kouach, G. Kowzan, L. Kreidberg, M. Landoni, A. Lanotte, A. Lavail, J. Li, J. Liske, C. Lovis, S. Lucatello, D. Lunney, M. J. MacIntosh, N. Madhusudhan, L. Magrini, R. Maiolino, L. Malo, A. W. S. Man, T. Marquart, E. L. Marques, C. J. A. P. Martins, A. M. Martins, P. Maslowski, E. Mason, C. A. Mason, R. A. McCracken, P. Mergo, G. Micela, T. Mitchell, P. Molliere, M. A. Monteiro, D. Montgomery, C. Mordasini, J. Morin, A. Mucciarelli, M. T. Murphy, M. N'Diaye, B. Neichel, A. T. Niedzielski, E. Niemczura, L. Nortmann, P. Noterdaeme, N. J. Nunes, L. Oggioni, E. Oliva, H. Onel, L. Origlia, G. Ostlin, E. Palle, P. Papaderos, G. Pariani, J. Penate Castro, F. Pepe, L. Perreault Levasseur, P. Petit, L. Pino, J. Piqueras, A. Pollo, K. Poppenhaeger, A. Quirrenbach, E. Rauscher, R. Rebolo, E. M. A. Redaelli, S. Reffert, D. T. Reid, A. Reiners, P. Richter, M. Riva, S. Rivoire, C. Rodriguez-Lopez, I. U. Roederer, D. Romano, S. Rousseau, J. Rowe, S. Salvadori, N. Sanna, N. C. Santos, P. Santos Diaz, J. Sanz-Forcada, M. Sarajlic, J. -F. Sauvage, S. Schaefer, R. P. Schiavon, T. M. Schmidt, C. Selmi, S. Sivanandam, M. Sordet, R. Sordo, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. G. Sousa, E. Stempels, K. G. Strassmeier, A. Suarez Mascareno, A. Sulich, X. Sun, N. R. Tanvir, F. Tenegi-Sangines, S. Thibault, S. J. Thompson, A. Tozzi, M. Turbet, P. Vallee, R. Varas, K. A. Venn, J. -P. Veran, A. Verma, M. Viel, G. Wade, C. Waring, M. Weber, J. Weder, B. Wehbe, J. Weingrill, M. Woche, M. Xompero, E. Zackrisson, A. Zanutta, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, M. Zechmeister, J. Zimara
Summary: ANDES is an optical-infrared high resolution spectrograph, part of the first generation of ELT instruments. It has a wide range of groundbreaking science cases, including detecting biosignatures from exoplanet atmospheres and directly detecting cosmic acceleration. The ANDES project is driven by a large international consortium.
GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY IX
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jose Ferreira, Tiago Barreiro, Jose Mimoso, Nelson J. Nunes
Summary: Using forthcoming ground and space based gravitational waves observatories, a Bayesian analysis was conducted to forecast constraints for a symmetric teleparallel gravity model with an ACDM background. The results suggest that ET is more effective in distinguishing this model from ACDM compared to LISA, and lower redshift events are favored for improving the quality of the constraints.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
C. J. A. P. Martins, S. Cristiani, G. Cupani, V D'Odorico, R. Genova Santos, A. C. O. Leite, C. M. J. Marques, D. Milakovic, P. Molaro, Michael T. Murphy, N. J. Nunes, Tobias M. Schmidt, V Adibekyan, Y. Alibert, Paolo Di Marcantonio, J. Gonzalez Hernandez, D. Megevand, E. Palle, F. A. Pepe, N. C. Santos, S. G. Sousa, A. Sozzetti, A. Suarez Mascareno, M. R. Zapatero Osorio
Summary: It is expected that dynamical scalar fields in an effective four-dimensional field theory couple to the theory's other degrees of freedom if no new symmetry is introduced to suppress these couplings. This coupling can lead to spacetime variations of the fine-structure constant, which can be tested through astrophysical measurements. In this study, using ESPRESSO and other contemporary measurements, as well as background cosmology data, laboratory atomic clock measurements, and weak equivalence principle measurements, constraints are placed on two classes of varying fine-structure constant models, resulting in significant improvements compared to previous constraints.