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Constraints on the massive graviton dark matter from pulsar timing and precision astrometry

Astrophysics 2009-01-22 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The effect of a narrow-band isotropic stochastic GW background on pulsar timing and astrometric measurements is studied. Such a background appears in some theories of gravity. We show that the existing millisecond pulsar timing accuracy (0.2μs\sim 0.2 \rm{\mu s}) strongly constrains possible observational consequences of theory of massive gravity with spontaneous Lorentz braking \cite{dtt:2005}, essentially ruling out significant contribution of massive gravitons to the local dark halo density. The present-day accuracy of astrometrical measurements (100μas\sim 100 \rm{\mu as}) sets less stringent constraints on this theory.

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@article{arxiv.0805.1519,
  title  = {Constraints on the massive graviton dark matter from pulsar timing and precision astrometry},
  author = {Maxim Pshirkov and Artem Tuntsov and Konstantin A. Postnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.1519},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure; changes in content, references added, accepted for publication in PRL