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Variance of Newtonian constant from local gravitational acceleration measurements

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-04-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We use IGETS absolute gravitational acceleration measurement data to study the gravitational acceleration variance. The relative variance of δg/g\delta g /g in 22 years is less than 4×1084\times 10^{-8}. Since δG/Gδg/g\delta G /G\lessapprox\delta g /g , this implies the relative variance of Newtonian constant is less than 3×1093\times 10^{-9} based on an sine-like oscillation hypothesis. This limit is at least 4 orders of magnitude better than the existing GG measurements. The scattered values of reported GG measurements coming from different experiments are most probably coming from systematic errors associated with these experiments and not due to intrinsic time variation of GG. We also find that G˙/G<5.61×1010yr1\dot{ G} /G<5.61\times 10^{-10} \text{yr}^{-1} based on a linear hypothesis. This is the best terrestrial result so far.

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@article{arxiv.2103.11157,
  title  = {Variance of Newtonian constant from local gravitational acceleration measurements},
  author = {De-Chang Dai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.11157},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

5 pages, 5 figures, accepted by PRD