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Recent advances in quantum sensors, including atomic clocks, enable searches for a broad range of dark matter candidates. The question of the dark matter distribution in the Solar system critically affects the reach of dark matter direct…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-12-08 Yu-Dai Tsai , Joshua Eby , Marianna S. Safronova

We analyze the influence of gravitational waves on a Sagnac interferometer formed by the interference of two counter-propagating beams traversing a closed spatial loop. In addition to the well-known Sagnac phase shift, we identify an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-28 Reza Javadinezhad , Ali Seraj

We demonstrate that pulsar timing measurements may potentially be able to detect the presence of dark matter substructure within our own galaxy. As dark matter substructure transits near the line-of-sight between a pulsar and an observer,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-23 E. R. Siegel , M. P. Hertzberg , J. N. Fry

I review constraints on solar system-bound dark matter, and discuss the possibility that dark matter could be gravitationally bound to the earth and other planets. I briefly survey various empirical constraints on such planet-bound dark…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-06 Stephen L. Adler

Within the dark matter paradigm, explaining observed orbital dynamics at galactic level through the inclusion of a dominant dark halo, implies also the necessary appearance of dynamical friction effects. Satellite galaxies, globular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-28 X. Hernandez

In this article, we study the Sagnac effect for spin-$1/2$ particles through local Wigner rotations according to the framework developed by [H. Terashima and M. Ueda, Phys. Rev. A 69, 032113 (2004)]. Since the spin of the particle plays the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-21 Marcos L. W. Basso , Jonas Maziero

The existence of dark matter is supported by multiple astrophysical observations, yet its particle nature remains unknown. The development of gravitational wave astronomy, especially with future space-based detectors such as LISA, provides…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-10 Yuezhe Chen , Pan-Pan Wang , Bo Wang , Rui Luo , Cheng-Gang Shao

A resultant gravitational force due to the current estimates of the virial mass of the Milky Way galaxy, dominated by dark matter, is estimated near the Sun and is described in two different analytical models yielding consistent results.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-02 Edward Belbruno , James Green

It is often taken for granted that on board a rotating disk it is possible to operate a \QTR{it}{global}3+1 splitting of space-time, such that both lengths and time intervals are \QTR{it}{uniquely} defined in terms of measurements performed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Rizzi , A. Tartaglia

Relativistic twin paradox can have important implications for Mach's principle. It has been recently argued that the behavior of the time asynchrony (different aging of twins) between two flying clocks along closed loops can be attributed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-03 R. Kh. Karimov , R. N. Izmailov , G. M. Garipova , K. K. Nandi

One of the open questions of modern cosmology is the nature and properties of the Dark Matter halo and its substructures. In this work we study the gravitational effect of dark matter substructures on pulsar timing observations. Since…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-18 Shant Baghram , Niayesh Afshordi , Kathryn M. Zurek

Dark objects streaming into the solar system can be probed using gravitational wave (GW) experiments through the perturbations that they would induce on the detector test masses. In this work, we study the detectability of the resulting…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-29 Valentin Thoss , Abraham Loeb

The intersection of quantum mechanics and general relativity remains an open frontier in fundamental physics, with few experimentally accessible phenomena connecting the two. Recent theoretical proposals suggest that relativistic proper…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-23 Mohamed ElKabbash

It is possible that bosonic dark matter forms halos around the Sun or the Earth. We discuss the possibility of probing such halos with atomic clocks. Focusing on either a Higgs portal or photon portal interaction between the dark matter and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-01 Chris Kouvaris , Eleftherios Papantonopoulos , Lauren Street , L. C. R. Wijewardhana

The Schwarzschild--de Sitter space--time describes the gravitational field of a spherically symmetric mass in a universe with cosmological constant $\Lambda$. Based on this space--time we calculate Solar system effects like gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Valeria Kagramanova , Jutta Kunz , Claus Lämmerzahl

Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars emitting intense electromagnetic radiation that is detected on Earth as regular and precisely timed pulses. By exploiting their extreme regularity and comparing the real arrival times with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-20 Amodio Carleo , Bilel Ben-Salem

We perform time-dependent analysis of quantum dynamics of dark matter particles in the Solar System. It is shown that this problem has similarities with a microwave ionization of Rydberg atoms studied previously experimentally and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-14 D. L. Shepelyansky

Dark matter could be captured in the Sun and self-annihilate, giving rise to an observable neutrino flux. Indirect searches for dark matter looking for this signal with neutrino telescopes have resulted in tight constraints on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-06-03 Koun Choi , Carsten Rott , Yoshitaka Itow

The high precision of the latest version of the planetary ephemeris EPM2011 enables one to explore more accurately a variety of small effects in the solar system. The processing of about 678 thousand of position observations of planets and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-14 E. V. Pitjeva , N. P. Pitjev

A coupling between Earths rotation and orbital angular momentum (OAM), known as the Sagnac effect, is observed in entangled neutrons produced using a spin echo interferometer. After correction for instrument systematics the measured…