Published September 10, 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Gravitational time advancement under gravity's rainbow

  • 1. Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008 (China)
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nanjing University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210093 (China)
  • 3. School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China)

Description

Under gravity's rainbow, we investigate its effects on the gravitational time advancement, which is a natural consequence of measuring proper time span for a photon's round trip. This time advancement can be complementary to the time delay for testing the gravity's rainbow, because they are sensitive to different modified dispersion relations (MDRs). Its observability on ranging a spacecraft far from the Earth by two radio and a laser links is estimated at superior conjunction (SC) and inferior conjunction (IC). We find that (1) the IC is more favorable than the SC for measurement on the advancement caused by the rainbow; (2) a specific type of MDR has a significantly larger effect on the advancement than others in both SC and IC cases; and (3) a combination of available optical clocks and the realization of planetary laser ranging in the future will benefit distinguishing the gravity's rainbow from GR by measuring the gravitational time advancement.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.06.036

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2017.06.036;
PII
S0370-2693(17)30512-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
772
Journal Page Range
p. 152-158
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49066293
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
DISPERSION RELATIONS; GRAVITATION; SPACE VEHICLES; TIME DELAY
Descriptors DEC
VEHICLES

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