Solar System constraints on Renormalization Group extended General Relativity: The PPN and Laplace-Runge-Lenz analyses with the external potential effect
Abstract
General Relativity extensions based on Renormalization Group effects are motivated by a known physical principle and constitute a class of extended gravity theories that have some unexplored unique aspects. In this work we develop in detail the Newtonian and post Newtonian limits of a realisation called Renormalization Group extended General Relativity (RGGR). Special attention is taken to the external potential effect, which constitutes a type of screening mechanism typical of RGGR. In the Solar System, RGGR depends on a single dimensionless parameter , and this parameter is such that for one fully recovers GR in the Solar System. Previously this parameter was constrained to be , without considering the external potential effect. Here we show that under a certain approximation RGGR can be cast in a form compatible with the Parametrised Post-Newtonian (PPN) formalism, and we use both the PPN formalism and the Laplace-Runge-Lenz technique to put new bounds on , either considering or not the external potential effect. With the external potential effect the new bound reads . We discuss the possible consequences of this bound to the dark matter abundance in galaxies.
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@article{arxiv.1609.03613,
title = {Solar System constraints on Renormalization Group extended General Relativity: The PPN and Laplace-Runge-Lenz analyses with the external potential effect},
author = {Davi C. Rodrigues and Sebastião Mauro and Álefe O. F. de Almeida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.03613},
year = {2016}
}
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13 pages, 4 figures. Added references and minor corrections in text. Version to appear in PRD