Constraints on Kaluza-Klein gravity from Gravity Probe B

DOI10.1007/S10714-013-1551-8zbMATH Open1276.83063arXiv1305.6871OpenAlexW3099065925MaRDI QIDQ372399FDOQ372399

Authors: R. D. Everett, James Overduin, P. S. Wesson 

Publication date: 7 October 2013

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using measurements of geodetic precession from Gravity Probe B, we constrain possible departures from Einstein's General Relativity for a spinning test body in Kaluza-Klein gravity with one additional space dimension. We consider the two known static and spherically symmetric solutions of the 5D field equations (the soliton and canonical metrics) and obtain new limits on the free parameters associated with each. The theory is consistent with observation but must be "close to 4D" in both cases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6871

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zbMATH Keywords

solitonexperimental tests of gravitational theorieshigher-dimensional gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Soliton equations (35Q51) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05)

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