Constraints on Galileon-induced precessions from solar system orbital motions
- Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (M.I.U.R.), Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (F.R.A.S.), International Institute for Theoretical Physics and Advanced Mathematics Einstein-Galilei, Viale Unità d'Italia 68, 70125 Bari (Italy)
We use latest data from solar system planetary orbital motions to put constraints on some Galileon-induced precessional effects. Due to the Vainshtein mechanism, the Galileon-type spherically symmetric field of a monopole induces a small, screened correction ∝(r){sup 1/2} to the r{sup −1} Newtonian potential which causes a secular precession of the pericenter of a test particle. In the case of our solar system, latest data from Mars allow to constrain the magnitude of such an interaction down to α ≤ 0.3 level, where α corresponds to the non minimal coupling of the Galileon to matter. Another Galileon-type effect which might impact solar system dynamics is due to an unscreened constant gradient induced by the peculiar motion of the Galaxy. The magnitude of such an effect, depending on the different gravitational binding energies of the Sun and the planets, taken into account by ξ, is ξ ≤ 0.004 from the latest bounds on the supplementary perihelion precession of Saturn.
- OSTI ID:
- 22279833
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2012, Issue 07; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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