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It is more important than ever to push experimental tests of gravitational theory to the limits of existing technology in both range and sensitivity. This brief review focuses on spin-based tests of General Relativity and their implications…

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This study investigates quantum gravity effects within the framework of an effective loop quantum gravity (LQG) black hole model parameterized by $\zeta$, utilizing precision measurements from solar system experiments and astrophysical…

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As an extension of a previous work in which perihelion advances are considered only and as an attempt to find more stringent constraints on its parameters, we investigate effects on astronomical observation and experiments conducted in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-17 Yi Xie , Xue-Mei Deng

One of the most well-known tests of General Relativity (GR) results from combining measurements of the anomalous precession of the orbit of Mercury with a determination of the gravitational quadrupole moment of the Sun J_2. The latter can…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 F. P. Pijpers

We perform a full analytical and numerical treatment, to the first post-Newtonian (1pN) order, of the general relativistic long-term spin precession of an orbiting gyroscope due to the mass quadrupole moment $J_2$ of its primary without any…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-23 Lorenzo Iorio

In Kaluza-Klein model with toroidal extra dimensions, we obtain the metric coefficients in a weak-field approximation for delta-shaped matter sources. These metric coefficients are applied to calculate the formulas for frequency shift,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-10-29 Maxim Eingorn , Alexander Zhuk

A promising way to introduce general relativity in the classroom is to study the physical implications of certain given metrics, such as the Schwarzschild one. This involves lower mathematical expenditure than an approach focusing on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-14 Klaus Kassner

We use the corrections to the Newton-Einstein secular precessions of the longitudes of perihelia of some planets (Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) of the Solar System, phenomenologically estimated as solve-for parameters by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-03-23 Lorenzo Iorio

In most studies of equivalence principle violation by solar system bodies, it is assumed that the ratio of gravitational to inertial mass for a given body deviates from unity by a parameter Delta which is proportional to its gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-30 J. M. Overduin

We review the derivation of the metric for a spinning body of any shape and composition using linearized general relativity theory, and also obtain the same metric using a transformation argument. The latter derivation makes it clear that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 R. J. Adler , A. S. Silbergleit

This report is a literature review of significant and successful tests of general relativity [GR]. The GR predicted value for the perihelion advance of Mercury was Deltaf = 43.03 arcsec century^-1 and fit well with observation, being the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-15 Estelle Asmodelle

In the present letter we examine the possibility of constraining dyon black holes based on the available observational data at the scale of the Solar system. For this we consider the classical tests of general relativity, viz., the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-27 Farook Rahaman , Sabiruddin Molla , Amna Ali , Saibal Ray

In order to test the Einstein gravitation theory (EGT) we compare their predictions with the measured results in the following phenomena: the perihelion advance of planets, deflection of light, radar echo delays around the Sun and an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-07-02 M. Cattani

A number of proposals have been put forward to account for the observed accelerating expansion of the Universe through modifications of gravity. One specific scenario, Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati (DGP) gravity, gives rise to a potentially…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 James B. R. Battat , Christopher W. Stubbs , John F. Chandler

We consider a solution of the effective four-dimensional brane-world equations, obtained from the General Relativistic Schwarzschild metric via the principle of Minimal Geometric Deformation, and investigate the corresponding signatures…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-01 Roberto Casadio , Jorge Ovalle , Roldao da Rocha

We study the motion of particles in the background of a scalar-tensor theory of gravity in which the scalar field is kinetically coupled to Einstein tensor. We constrain the value of the derivative parameter $z$ through solar system tests.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-02 P. A. González , Marco Olivares , Eleftherios Papantonopoulos , Yerko Vásquez

Modifications of general relativity provide an alternative explanation to dark energy for the observed acceleration of the universe. We review recent developments in modified gravity theories, focusing on higher dimensional approaches and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Bhuvnesh Jain , Justin Khoury

The perihelion precession, the deflection of light, and the radar echo delay are classical tests of General Relativity here used to probe brane world topologically charged black holes in a f(R) bulk and to constrain the parameter that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-07 Roldao da Rocha , A. M. Kuerten

In this proceeding, we show how observations of Solar System Objects with Gaia can be used to test General Relativity and to constrain modified gravitational theories. The high number of Solar System objects observed and the variety of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-13 A. Hees , C. Le Poncin-Lafitte , D. Hestroffer , P. David

Tests of gravity performed in the solar system show a good agreement with general relativity. The latter is however challenged by observations at larger, galactic and cosmic, scales which are presently cured by introducing "dark matter" or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-14 Serge Reynaud , Marc-Thierry Jaekel