Constraining models of modified gravity with the double pulsar PSR J0737-3039A/B system

Details Constraining models of modified gravity with the double pulsar PSR J0737-3039A/B system Constraining models of modified gravity with the double pulsar PSR J0737-3039A/B system

2006-12-04

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0612022v8

Int.J.Mod.Phys.A22:5379-5389,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

LaTex2e, World Scientific macros, 10 pages, no figures, 1 table, 27 references. To appear in International Journal of Modern P

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217751X07038001

In this paper we use Delta P = -1.772341 +/- 13.153788 s between the phenomenologically determined orbital period P_b of the PSR J0737-3039 double pulsar system and the purely Keplerian period P^(0)=2\pi\sqrt{a^3/G(m_A+m_B)} calculated with the system's parameters, determined independently of the third Kepler law itself, in order to put constraints on some models of modified gravity (f(R), Yukawa-like fifth force, MOND). The major source of error affecting Delta P is not the one in the phenomenologically measured period (\delta P_b=4 10^-6 s), but the systematic uncertainty \delta P^(0) in the computed Keplerian one due to the relative semimajor axis a mainly caused, in turn, by the errors in the ratio R of the pulsars' masses and in sin i. We get |\kappa|< 0.8 10^-26 m^-2 for the parameter that in the f(R) framework is a measure of the non linearity of the theory, |\alpha|< 5.5 10^-4 for the fifth-force strength parameter (for \lambda\approx a=0.006 AU). The effects predicted by the strong-acceleration regime of MOND are far too small to be constrained with some effectiveness today and in the future as well. In view of the continuous timing of such an important system, it might happen that in the near future it will be possible to obtain somewhat tighter constraints.

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