Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
8-7-2009
Abstract/Description
Modifications to the classic time-delay effect and Doppler shift in general relativity (GR) are studied in the context of the Lorentz-violating standard-model extension (SME). We derive the leading Lorentz- violating corrections to the time-delay and Doppler shift signals, for a light ray passing near a massive body. It is demonstrated that anisotropic coefficients for Lorentz violation control a time-dependent behavior of these signals that is qualitatively different from the conventional case in GR. Estimates of sensitivities to gravity-sector coefficients in the SME are given for current and future experiments, including the recent Cassini solar conjunction experiment.
Publication Title
Physical Review D
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.044004
Publisher
American Physical Society
City
College Park, MD
Required Publisher’s Statement
© 2009 American Physical Society. This article is also available from the publisher at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.044004
Scholarly Commons Citation
Bailey, Q. G. (2009). Time-Delay and Doppler Tests of the Lorentz Symmetry of Gravity. Physical Review D, 80(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.044004
