Published April 7, 2002 | Version v1
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Bounding the graviton mass with binary pulsar observations

Creators

  • 1. Center for Gravitational Wave Physics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802-6300 (United States)

Description

By comparing the observed orbital decay of the binary pulsars PSR B1913+16 and PSR B1534+12 to that predicted by general relativity due to gravitational-wave emission, we are able to bound the mass of the graviton to be less than 7.6x10-20 eV/c2 at 90% confidence. This is the first such bound to be derived from dynamic gravitational fields. It is approximately two orders of magnitude weaker than the static-field bound from solar system observations, and will improve with further observations

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/1355/q20718.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/1355/q20718.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
PII
S0264-9381(02)29461-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1355-1360
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34031423
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BINARY STARS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; GRAVITONS; MASS; PULSARS; SOLAR SYSTEM
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION; MASSLESS PARTICLES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RADIATIONS; STARS