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Testing and Gravitational

June 28, 2019

Suwen Wang At Shanghai Jiaotong University Brief Introduction of Relativity • 1570年《西游记》: 孙悟空一个跟头十万八千里 天上一日,地上一年

D  5.4107 m : t  0.180125287sec dt d  2  v  1  d  c   365 c  299792458m / sec dt General Relativity – A theory of Einstein’s Field Equation (1916) 1 R  g R  8GT  2  

Testing of general relativity falls into two main categories:  Predictions from the theory  Testing the assumptions of the theory

Testing methods involve astronomical observations and physics experiments

Due to the weakness of gravitational interaction, the experimental test requires extreme precision. Planet Orbit Precession

Perihelion Precession of Mercury (1943)  Newton: 5557.62 +/- 0.20 sec/century  Observation: 5600.73 +/- 0.41 sec/century

Other Perihelion Precession Measurements Planet Gen. Relativity Observed a (sec/century) (sec/century)

Mercury 43.03 43.11 MG Venus 8.6 8.4   6 rad/rev Earth 3.8 5.0 (1 e2 )a Icarus 10.3 9.8 Starlight Deflection

 Arthur with expedition (1919)  380 measured after Eddington  Radio signal interferometric measurements yielded more accurate results  Modern results agree with GR -4 within 1x10 (VLBI results) 1.7512”

4MG q = c2 R Shapiro Time-delay

More Mariner 6 Delay Time delay measured by bouncing radio signals off of: • Mercury • Venus Earth • Mariner 6 spacecraft Less Delay • Mariner 7 spacecraft • Transponder on Mars (0.5%)

• Cassini spacecraft (10 ppm)

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 Delay ( Delay Gravitational • Pound & Rebka (1960) Dl MGDR • Gamma ray energy shift up the elevator » 2 2 • Gravity Probe A (1976) l c R • maser launched on a rocket to an altitude of 10000 km • Modern atomic clocks can detect the effect in 1 cm Geodetic and Frame Dragging Effects Gravity Probe B Launched 09:27:54Z April 20, 2004, tech vol published in 2015 Started in 1959 Gravity Probe B Concept

Relativistic precessions: é ù æ 1ö GM æ a1 ö GI 3R WG = ç g + ÷ 2 3 (R ´ v ) WFD = ç g +1+ ÷ 2 3 ê 2 × (w e × R ) -w eú è 2ø c R è 4 ø 2c R ë R û Geodetic Frame Dragging (gravitomagnetic)

Gravity Probe B Result

Gyro 1. NS Inertial Orientation -6 Gyro 1: NS Inertial Orientation -8

Reduced data in NS Inertial arcsec -10 Orientation 10/30 12/19 02/07 03/29 05/18 07/07 4 GyroGyro 2:2. NSNS Inertial OrientationOrientation

2 Two different analysis methods: 0 • Model with 5 days data in a batch arcsec -2 • Model with Karman filter 10/30 12/19 02/07 03/29 05/18 07/07 Gyro 3. NS Inertial Orientation 6 Gyro 3: NS Inertial Orientation

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arcsec 2

The dominant signal is 0 10/30 12/19 02/07 03/29 05/18 07/07

from ! GyroGyro 4:4. NSNS Inertial OrientationOrientation 4

2 arcsec 0 10/30 12/19 02/07 03/29 05/18 07/07

GR prediction: Earth -6606, solar geodetic +7, proper motion +28 ± 1 net expected -6571 ± 1 Gravity Probe B Result Comprehensive data analysis for all four gyros Gravity Waves

Indirect measurement

Hulse and Taylor. Energy loss by the eclipsing binary pulsars. (1993 Nobel Prize)

PSR 1913 + 16 Gravity Waves Direct measurements 2/3 4G m m æ G(m + m ) ö h » 1 2 1 2 2p f 2 ç 3 ÷ c m1 + m2 è c ø

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Al bar & sphere antennae

MiniGRAIL, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory Gravity Waves Direct measurements – LIGO/VIRGO • Initial Concept in 1960’s • Construction in 1990’s

Hanford, Washington

VIRGO, Turin, Italy Gravity Waves First detection in 2015, Nobel Prize in 2017 Gravity Waves, Next Step

LISA – ESA/NASA Taiji – CAS Tianqin – Zhongshan Univ

First proposed in early 1990. Estimated launch 2034 Gravity Waves, Next Step Rational for space based antennas Gravity Waves, Next Step DECIGO – Japanese Mission

Features: •Deci-Hz optimal freq band •1000 km interferometry arm •Solar orbit •10 W laser •Launch in 2030’s •B-DECIGO 2020’s •Precursor detections •NS-NS GW for universe accl study Gravity Waves, Next Step ASTROD – Prof. Ni

Features: •Use L1 as one reference point •Drag free flight •Use 3 spacecraft ranging for gravity mapping around solar orbit •Varying solar orbit •1-2 W laser •Timing accuracy 1 ps •Range precision ~ 3µm •Inter-spacecraft distance ~ 260 million km •Measure GW, , etc. imaging Horizon Telescope (EHT)

Features: • VLBI mm wave imaging • Telescopes in Arizona, Mexico, Chili, South Pole, Spain and Hawaii • Observe M87 and central blackhole in Milkyway Testing foundations of relativity

Two basic assumptions of GR: • • Constancy of Testing foundations of relativity Equivalence Principle Test F  m a i i ? m M m  m Equivalence F  G G i G Principle G r 2

M G EG  1 SEP WEP 1 2  M I mc

WEP : Effect of matter composition on free fall motion SEP : Coupling between gravity and intern energy Historical tests of EP Telescope (EHT)

10-18 STEP . α effect (min.) -16 10 “Mission Success” 1 TeV Little String Theory

Microscope DPV runaway dilaton (max.) 10-14

-12 ~ 5 x 10-13 Adelberger, et al. 10 { LLR

10-10 Dicke

10-8 Eötvös

10-6

-4 Bessel 10

10 -2 Newton

100 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 Basic Principle of Space Test

Dz

Dz Dz time time

Orbiting drop tower experiment * More time for separation to build { * Periodic signal MICROSCOPE

Features: • PtRb and TiAl test masses • Room T readout • Launched Apr 2016 • Decommissioned Dec 2018 • Results ~ 1 x 10-14

Other EP test methods: • interferometers: marred by noise forever. •Projected limit: 10-13 – 10-15 •10m well at Stanford •300m well for ZAIGA, near Wuhan Lorentz Invariance Test Kinematic approach to Lorentz invariance violations: Assumptions: • Considers only rods, clocks and light beams: • Assumes a ‘preferred’ inertial frame in which there are no Lorentz violations • Considers a moving frame in which violations can occur Experiment: If a laboratory is moving at a velocity v relative to a preferred frame, the speed of light as a function of the angle q relative to the velocity vector is

c(q)/c = 1 + (1/2 - b + d)(v/c)2sin2q + (b - a - 1) (v/c)2

where a is the time dilation parameter, b is the parameter, and d tests for transverse contraction. (SR: a = -1/2; b = 1/2; d = 0) Analysis: • Michelson-Morley : q-dependent term • Kennedy-Thorndike : q-independent term Lorentz Invariance Test laboratory moving with velocity relative to a preferred rest frame (e.g. CMB)

Circular, -synchronous orbit: 650 km Lorentz Invariance Test Summary

• GR theory has been successful up to this point (no violations among robust numerical tests) • Field has been active in the last twenty years due to fast technology development, especially in time, position and angle measurements • New physics call for possible violations of EP, one of the fundamental pillars of GR • Tests are still very limited compared to what has been done to E&M and . THANK YOU!!!