Post-Newtonian celestial mechanics in scalar-tensor cosmology

作者:Galiautdinov Andrei*; Kopeikin Sergei M
来源:PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2016, 94(4): 044015.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.044015

摘要

Applying the recently developed dynamical perturbation formalism on cosmological background to scalar-tensor theory, we provide a solid theoretical basis and a rigorous justification for phenomenological models of orbital dynamics that are currently used to interpret experimental measurements of the time-dependent gravitational constant. We derive the field equations for the scalar-tensor perturbations and study their gauge freedom associated with the cosmological expansion. We find a new gauge eliminating a prohibitive number of gauge modes in the field equations and significantly simplifying post-Newtonian equations of motion for localized astronomical systems in the universe with a time-dependent gravitational constant. We identify several new post-Newtonian terms and calculate their effect on secular cosmological evolution of the osculating orbital elements.

  • 出版日期2016-8-10