Kerr metric, geodesic motion, and flyby anomaly in fourth-order conformal gravity

DOI10.1007/S10714-014-1741-ZzbMATH Open1298.83118arXiv1401.6503OpenAlexW3098459633MaRDI QIDQ742178FDOQ742178

Authors: Gabriele U. Varieschi 

Publication date: 18 September 2014

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

Abstract: In this paper we analyze the Kerr geometry in the context of Conformal Gravity, an alternative theory of gravitation, which is a direct extension of General Relativity. Following previous studies in the literature, we introduce an explicit expression of the Kerr metric in Conformal Gravity, which naturally reduces to the standard General Relativity Kerr geometry in the absence of Conformal Gravity effects. As in the standard case, we show that the Hamilton-Jacobi equation governing geodesic motion in a space-time based on this geometry is indeed separable and that a fourth constant of motion-similar to Carter's constant-can also be introduced in Conformal Gravity. Consequently, we derive the fundamental equations of geodesic motion and show that the problem of solving these equations can be reduced to one of quadratures. In particular, we study the resulting time-like geodesics in Conformal Gravity Kerr geometry by numerically integrating the equations of motion for Earth flyby trajectories of spacecraft. We then compare our results with the existing data of the Flyby Anomaly in order to ascertain whether Conformal Gravity corrections are possibly the origin of this gravitational anomaly. Although Conformal Gravity slightly affects the trajectories of geodesic motion around a rotating spherical object, we show that these corrections are minimal and are not expected to be the origin of the Flyby Anomaly, unless conformal parameters are drastically different from current estimates. Therefore, our results confirm previous analyses, showing that modifications due to Conformal Gravity are not likely to be detected at the Solar System level, but might affect gravity at the galactic or cosmological scale.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.6503

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zbMATH Keywords

geodesicsKerr metricconformal gravityflyby anomaly

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Black holes (83C57) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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