Solar System Constraints on Gauss-Bonnet Mediated Dark Energy

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2007-04-02

arxiv.org/abs/0704.0175v2

JCAP 0710:004,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages

Scientific paper

10.1088/1475-7516/2007/10/004

Although the Gauss-Bonnet term is a topological invariant for general relativity, it couples naturally to a quintessence scalar field, modifying gravity at solar system scales. We determine the solar system constraints due to this term by evaluating the post-Newtonian metric for a distributional source. We find a mass dependent, 1/r^7 correction to the Newtonian potential, and also deviations from the Einstein gravity prediction for light-bending. We constrain the parameters of the theory using planetary orbits, the Cassini spacecraft data, and a laboratory test of Newton's law, always finding extremely tight bounds on the energy associated to the Gauss-Bonnet term. We discuss the relevance of these constraints to late-time cosmological acceleration.

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