How deep can a cosmic void be? Voids-informed theoretical bounds in Galileon gravity

The study tests Galileon scalar-tensor theories using cosmic voids to find a consistency condition for their modified gravity predictions. It establishes a redshift-dependent upper bound on void depth, showing that models where this bound is violated are excluded. This provides a new viability condition complementary to standard stability tests.

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