A Solar System Test of Mach's Principle with Gravimetric Data

Alexander Unzicker; Karl Fabian

A Solar System Test of Mach's Principle with Gravimetric Data

广义相对论与量子宇宙学 2007-05-23 v1 天体物理学

作者: Alexander Unzicker , Karl Fabian

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We present a new test for a possible Mach-Sciama dependence of the Gravitational constant G. According to Ernst Mach (1838-1916), the gravitational interaction depends on the distribution of masses in the universe. A corresponding hypothesis of Sciama (1953) on the gravitational constant, $c^2/G = \sum m_i/r_i$ , can be tested since the elliptic earth orbit should then cause minute annual variations in G. The test is performed by analyzing the gravity signals of a network of superconducting gravimeters (SG) which reach a precision of $10^{-10} m/s^2$ . After reducing the signal by modelling tidal, meteorologic and geophysical effects, no significant evidence for the above dependence is found.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0610028,
  title  = {A Solar System Test of Mach's Principle with Gravimetric Data},
  author = {Alexander Unzicker and Karl Fabian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0610028},
  year   = {2007}
}

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A Solar System Test of Mach's Principle with Gravimetric Data

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