TY - JOUR
T1 - New post-newtonian parameter to test chern-simons gravity
AU - Alexander, Stephon
AU - Yunes, Nicolas
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/12/10
Y1 - 2007/12/10
N2 - We study Chern-Simons (CS) gravity in the parametrized post-Newtonian (PPN) framework through a weak-field solution of the modified field equations. We find that CS gravity possesses the same PPN parameters as general relativity, except for the inclusion of a new term, proportional to the CS coupling and the curl of the PPN vector potential. This new term leads to a modification of frame dragging and gyroscopic precession and we provide an estimate of its size. This correction might be used in experiments, such as Gravity Probe B, to bound CS gravity and test string theory.
AB - We study Chern-Simons (CS) gravity in the parametrized post-Newtonian (PPN) framework through a weak-field solution of the modified field equations. We find that CS gravity possesses the same PPN parameters as general relativity, except for the inclusion of a new term, proportional to the CS coupling and the curl of the PPN vector potential. This new term leads to a modification of frame dragging and gyroscopic precession and we provide an estimate of its size. This correction might be used in experiments, such as Gravity Probe B, to bound CS gravity and test string theory.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.241101
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.241101
M3 - Article
C2 - 18233434
AN - SCOPUS:36949029828
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 99
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 24
M1 - 241101
ER -