Solar system constraints on the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati braneworld theory of gravity

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2008-05-29

arxiv.org/abs/0805.4466v1

Phys.Rev.D78:022003,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

9 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.78.022003

A number of proposals have been put forward to account for the observed accelerating expansion of the Universe through modifications of gravity. One specific scenario, Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati (DGP) gravity, gives rise to a potentially observable anomaly in the solar system: all planets would exhibit a common anomalous precession, dw/dt, in excess of the prediction of General Relativity. We have used the Planetary Ephemeris Program (PEP) along with planetary radar and radio tracking data to set a constraint of |dw/dt| < 0.02 arcseconds per century on the presence of any such common precession. This sensitivity falls short of that needed to detect the estimated universal precession of |dw/dt| = 5e-4 arcseconds per century expected in the DGP scenario. We discuss the fact that ranging data between objects that orbit in a common plane cannot constrain the DGP scenario. It is only through the relative inclinations of the planetary orbital planes that solar system ranging data have sensitivity to the DGP-like effect of universal precession. In addition, we illustrate the importance of performing a numerical evaluation of the sensitivity of the data set and model to any perturbative precession.

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