Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-09-05
Astrophys.J.602:111-115,2004
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages aastex, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. Minor typographical errors and reference list correcte
Scientific paper
10.1086/380963
Recent astrophysical observations have provided strong evidence that the present expansion of the universe is accelerating, powered by the energy density associated with a cosmological term. Assuming the latter to be not simply a constant term but a "quintessence" field, we study the radiation of quanta of such a "quintessence" field ("quintons") by binary systems of different types and compare intensities to those of standard tensor gravitational wave emission. We consider both the case in which the quintessence field varies only over cosmological distances and the case in which it is modified spatially by (strong) gravitational fields, a condition that results in bounds on the gradient of the scalar field. We show that, in both the first case and, because of a bound we derive from the Hulse-Taylor pulsar, in the second, there is not sufficient quinton radiation to affect expected LISA and LIGO gravity wave signals from binary systems. We show that, in the second case, the Large Hadron Collider is capable of setting a bound similar to that from the binary pulsar.
Kazanas Demosthenes
Teplitz Vigdor
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