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Consistency between cosmological and standard siren observations in evolving dark energy
Macarena Lagos, William J. Wolf
A scalar field non-minimally coupled to gravity can be the driver of cosmic acceleration. Such a non-minimal coupling (NMC) can produce a non-zero gravitational-wave (GW) friction…
Navigating permanent underdetermination in dark energy and inflationary cosmology
William J. Wolf, James Read
We identify troubling cases of so-called `permanent underdetermination' in both dark energy and inflationary cosmology. We bring to bear (a) a taxonomy of possible responses to und…
The Virtues of Pursuit-Worthy Speculation: The Promises of Cosmic Inflation
William J. Wolf, Patrick M. Duerr
The paper investigates the historical and contemporary pursuit-worthiness of cosmic inflation-the rationale for working on it (rather than necessarily the evidential support for cl…
On the geometric trinity of gravity, non-relativistic limits, and Maxwell gravitation
Eleanor March, William J. Wolf, James Read
We show that the dynamical common core of the recently-discovered non-relativistic geometric trinity of gravity is Maxwell gravitation. Moreover, we explain why no analogous distin…
The Non-Relativistic Geometric Trinity of Gravity
William J. Wolf, James Read, Quentin Vigneron
The geometric trinity of gravity comprises three distinct formulations of general relativity: (i) the standard formulation describing gravity in terms of spacetime curvature, (ii)…
Underdetermination in Classic and Modern Tests of General Relativity
William J. Wolf, Marco Sanchioni, James Read
Canonically, `classic' tests of general relativity (GR) include perihelion precession, the bending of light around stars, and gravitational redshift; `modern' tests have to do with…
Methodological Reflections on the MOND/Dark Matter Debate
Patrick M. Duerr, William J. Wolf
The paper re-examines the principal methodological questions, arising in the debate over the cosmological standard model's postulate of Dark Matter vs. rivalling proposals that mod…
Respecting Boundaries: Theoretical Equivalence and Structure Beyond Dynamics
William J. Wolf, James Read
A standard line in the contemporary philosophical literature has it that physical theories are equivalent only when they agree on their empirical content, where this empirical cont…
Explanatory Depth in Primordial Cosmology: A Comparative Study of Inflationary and Bouncing Paradigms
William J. Wolf, Karim P. Y. Thébault
We develop and apply a multi-dimensional account of explanatory depth towards a comparative analysis of inflationary and bouncing paradigms in primordial cosmology. Our analysis bu…
Edge modes and dressing fields for the Newton-Cartan quantum Hall effect
William J. Wolf, James Read, Nicholas Teh
It is now well-known that Newton-Cartan theory is the correct geometrical setting for modelling the quantum Hall effect. In addition, in recent years edge modes for the Newton-Cart…
Standard Sirens as a novel probe of dark energy
William J. Wolf, Macarena Lagos
Cosmological models with a dynamical dark energy field typically lead to a modified propagation of gravitational waves via an effectively time-varying gravitational coupling …
Cosmological Instabilities and the Role of Matter Interactions in Dynamical Dark Energy Models
William J. Wolf, Macarena Lagos
We consider cosmological models with a dynamical dark energy field, and study the presence of three types of commonly found instabilities, namely ghost (when fields have negative k…