Determining the relativistic parameterγusing very long baseline interferometry

DOI10.1051/0004-6361/200911714MaRDI QIDQ3639147zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors S. B. Lambert, Christophe le Poncin-Lafitte

Publication date 29 October 2009

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.1615

zbMATH Keywords

astrometryrelativitytechniques: interferometric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05)

Abstract: Relativistic bending in the vicinity of a massive body is characterized only by the post-Newtonian parameter $gamma$ within the standard parameterized post-Newtonian formalism, which is unity in General Relativity. Aiming at estimating this parameter, we use very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) to measure the gravitational deflection of radio waves emitted by distant compact radio sources, by Solar System bodies. We analyze geodetic VLBI observations recorded since 1979. We compare estimates of $gamma$ and errors obtained using various analysis schemes including global estimations over several time spans and with various Sun elongation cut-off angles, and analysis of radio source coordinate time series. We arrive at the conclusion that the relativistic parameter $gamma$ cannot be estimated at better than $2imes10^{-4}$. The main factor of limitation is the uncertainty in the determination of (global or session-wise) radio source coordinates. A sum of various instrumental and modeling errors and analysis strategy defects, that cannot be decorrelated and corrected yet, is at the origin of the limitating noise.

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