Gravitational time advancement under gravity's rainbow
Creators
- 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.2017.06.036Additional 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
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.