Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2011-04-27
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.417:2392--2400,2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Latex2e, 20 pages, 1 figure, 7 tables. Version accepted by Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). Error in
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19421.x
We deal with the effects induced on the orbit of a test particle revolving around a central body by putative spatial variations of fundamental coupling constants $\zeta$. In particular, we assume a dipole gradient for $\zeta(\bds r)/\bar{\zeta}$ along a generic direction $\bds{\hat{k}}$ in space. We analytically work out the long-term variations of all the six standard Keplerian orbital elements parameterizing the orbit of a test particle in a gravitationally bound two-body system. It turns out that, apart from the semi-major axis $a$, the eccentricity $e$, the inclination $I$, the longitude of the ascending node $\Omega$, the longitude of pericenter $\pi$ and the mean anomaly $\mathcal{M}$ undergo non-zero long-term changes. By using the usual decomposition along the radial ($R$), transverse ($T$) and normal ($N$) directions, we also analytically work out the long-term changes $\Delta R,\Delta T,\Delta N$ and $\Delta v_R,\Delta v_T,\Delta v_N$ experienced by the position and the velocity vectors $\bds r$ and $\bds v$ of the test particle. It turns out that, apart from $\Delta N$, all the other five shifts do not vanish over one full orbital revolution. In the calculation we do not use \textit{a-priori} simplifying assumptions concerning $e$ and $I$. Thus, our results are valid for a generic orbital geometry; moreover, they hold for any gradient direction (abridged).
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