Bounding the mass of the graviton using binary pulsar observations

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dc.creatorFinn, Lee Samuel
dc.creatorSutton, Patrick J.
dc.date2001-09-13
dc.date2002-05-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:31:55Z
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dc.descriptionThe close agreement between the predictions of dynamical general relativity for the radiated power of a compact binary system and the observed orbital decay of the binary pulsars PSR B1913+16 and PSR B1534+12 allows us to bound the graviton mass to be less than 7.6 x 10^{-20} eV with 90% confidence. This bound is the first to be obtained from dynamic, as opposed to static-field, relativity. The resulting limit on the graviton mass is within two orders of magnitude of that from solar system measurements, and can be expected to improve with further observations.
dc.description16 pages, 1 figure. Added appendix on other choices for mass term
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0109049
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0109049
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D65:044022,2002
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.65.044022
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178581
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleBounding the mass of the graviton using binary pulsar observations
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