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Solar system constraints on asymptotically flat IR modified Horava gravity through light deflection

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-04-22 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

In this paper, we study the motion of photons around a Kehagias-Sfetsos (KS) black hole and obtain constraints on IR modified Horˇ\check{r}ava gravity without cosmological constant (ΛW\sim \Lambda_{W}). An analytic formula for the light deflection angle is obtained. For a propagating photon, the deflection angle δϕ\delta \phi increases with large values of the Horˇ\check{r}ava gravity parameter ω\omega. Under the UV limit ω\omega \longrightarrow \infty, deflection angle reduces to the result of usual Schwarzschild case, 4GM/R4GM/R. It is also found that with increasing scale of astronomical observation system the Horˇ\check{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity should satisfy ωM2>1.1725×1016|\omega M^2|>1.1725 \times10^{-16} with 12% precision for Earth system, ωM2>8.27649×1017|\omega M^2| > 8.27649 \times 10^{-17} with 17% precision for Jupiter system and ωM2>8.27650×1015|\omega M^2| > 8.27650\times 10^{-15} with 0.17% precision for solar system.

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@article{arxiv.1010.6149,
  title  = {Solar system constraints on asymptotically flat IR modified Horava gravity through light deflection},
  author = {Molin Liu and Junwang Lu and Benhai Yu and Jianbo Lu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.6149},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

13 pages, 2 figures; References added; To appear in Gen. Rel. Grav

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