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Probing a $r^{-n}$ modification of the Newtonian potential with Exoplanets

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-06-26 v3

Abstract

The growing availability of increasingly accurate data on transiting exoplanets suggests the possibility of using these systems as possible testbeds for modified models of gravity. In particular, we suggest that the post-Keplerian (pK) dynamical effects from the perturbations of the Newtonian potential falling off as the square or the cube of the distance from the mass of the host star break the degeneracy of the anomalistic, draconitic and sidereal periods. The latter are characteristic temporal intervals in the motion of a binary system, and all coincide in the purely Keplerian case. We work out their analytical expressions in presence of the aforementioned perturbations to yield preliminary insights on the potential of the method proposed for constraining the modified models of gravity considered. A comparison with other results existing in the literature is made.

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@article{arxiv.2001.04122,
  title  = {Probing a $r^{-n}$ modification of the Newtonian potential with Exoplanets},
  author = {Matteo Luca Ruggiero and Lorenzo Iorio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.04122},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

6 pages, references added; revised to match the version accepted for publication in JCAP