Astrophysical consequences of a violation of the strong equivalence principle

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Jul 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983natur.304..311c&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 304, July 28, 1983, p. 311-315.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astrophysics, Equivalence, Particle Theory, Theoretical Physics, Cosmology, Globular Clusters, Nuclear Fusion, Planetary Temperature, Stellar Evolution

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The consequences of a supposed violation of the strong equivalence principle (SEP) for photons are analyzed theoretically and investigated using published observational data on the age of stars and globular clusters, the past temperature of the earth, the 3-K black-body radiation, and big-bang nucleosynthesis. It is shown that the photon number is unaffected by an SEP violation, which influences only massive particles. The observational data are found to be compatible with an SEP violation of the order of the Hubble constant during the matter-dominated era, while not demanding such a violation. More direct-measurement studies, based on data such as those from the Viking program, are proposed.

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