APSIS: AN ARTIFICIAL PLANETARY SYSTEM IN SPACE TO PROBE EXTRA-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY AND MOND

DOI10.1142/S0218271808012127zbMATH Open1151.83351arXivgr-qc/0606063MaRDI QIDQ3532159FDOQ3532159

Authors: Varun Sahni, Yuri Shtanov 

Publication date: 3 November 2008

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A proposal is made to test Newton's inverse-square law using the perihelion shift of test masses (planets) in free fall within a spacecraft located at the Earth-Sun L2 point. Such an Artificial Planetary System In Space (APSIS) will operate in a drag-free environment with controlled experimental conditions and minimal interference from terrestrial sources of contamination. We demonstrate that such a space experiment can probe the presence of a "hidden" fifth dimension on the scale of a micron, if the perihelion shift of a "planet" can be measured to sub-arc-second accuracy. Some suggestions for spacecraft design are made.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0606063

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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