On a recently proposed scalar-tensor-vector metric extension of general relativity to explain the Pioneer anomaly

2006/08/21 by Lorenzo Iorio, Iorio, Lorenzo
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Space Physics (physics.space-ph) #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-ph #physics.space-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0608101

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arxiv created 2007/01/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Recently, Brownstein and Moffat proposed a gravitational mechanism to explain the Pioneer anomaly based on their scalar-tensor-vector (STVG) metric theory of gravity. In this paper we show that their model, fitted to the presently available data for the anomalous Pioneer 10/11 acceleration, is in contrast with the latest determinations of the perihelion extra-rates of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus.

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