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脉冲星定时与标量张量引力的模型无关比较

Model-Independent Comparisons of Pulsar Timings to Scalar-Tensor Gravity

M. W. Horbatsch, C. P. Burgess

摘要:

脉冲星计时的观测为引力的标量-张量理论提供了强有力的约束,但这些约束传统上被引用为微观参数的限制(例如,Brans-Dicke耦合),这些微观参数在特定模型中决定了粒子水平上标量-物质耦合的强度。在这里,我们提出了适合的时间数据的几个恒星直接在现象学的耦合(质量,标量电荷,转动惯量灵敏度等)的恒星参与,而不是一个特定的模型的更微观的参数。例如,对于双脉冲星PSR J 0737 - 3039 A/B,我们发现在68%的置信水平下,质量的边界为1.28 < m_A/m_sun < 1.34和1.19 < m_B/m_sun < 1.25,而标量荷质比满足|a_A| < 0.21,|a_B| < 0.21,|a_B - a_A| < 0.002$。这些约束条件与所涉及的标量张量模型的细节和恒星状态方程的假设无关。我们的配合可以用来约束一个广泛的类标量张量理论计算的拟合量作为在任何特定的模型中的微观参数的函数。对于Brans-Dicke模型和准Brans-Dicke模型,以这种方式获得的约束与文献中引用的约束是一致的。

英文摘要:

Observations of pulsar timing provide strong constraints on scalar-tensor theories of gravity, but these constraints are traditionally quoted as limits on the microscopic parameters (like the Brans-Dicke coupling, for example) that govern the strength of scalar-matter couplings at the particle level in particular models. Here we present fits to timing data for several pulsars directly in terms of the phenomenological couplings (masses, scalar charges, moment of inertia sensitivities and so on) of the stars involved, rather than to the more microscopic parameters of a specific model. For instance, for the double pulsar PSR J0737-3039A/B we find at the 68% confidence level that the masses are bounded by 1.28 < m_A/m_sun < 1.34 and 1.19 < m_B/m_sun < 1.25, while the scalar-charge to mass ratios satisfy |a_A| < 0.21, |a_B| < 0.21 and |a_B - a_A| < 0.002$. These constraints are independent of the details of the scalar tensor model involved, and of assumptions about the stellar equations of state. Our fits can be used to constrain a broad class of scalar tensor theories by computing the fit quantities as functions of the microscopic parameters in any particular model. For the Brans-Dicke and quasi-Brans-Dicke models, the constraints obtained in this manner are consistent with those quoted in the literature.

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