The post-Newtonian mean anomaly advance as further post-Keplerian parameter in pulsar binary systems |
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| Authors: | Lorenzo Iorio |
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| Institution: | (1) Viale Unità di Italia 68, 70125 Bari, BA, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The post-Newtonian gravitoelectric secular rate of the mean anomaly ℳ is worked out for a two-body system in the framework
of the General Theory of Relativity. The possibility of using such an effect, which is different from the well known decrease
of the orbital period due to gravitational wave emission, as a further post-Keplerian parameter in binary systems including
at least one pulsar is examined. The resulting effect is almost three times larger than the periastron advance
. E.g., for the recently discovered double pulsar system PSR J0737-3039 A+B it would amount to −47.79 deg yr−1. This implies that it could be extracted from the linear part of a quadratic fit of the orbital phase because the uncertainties
both in the linear drift due to the mean motion and in the quadratic shift due to the gravitational wave are smaller. The
availability of such additional post-Keplerian parameter would be helpful in further constraining the General Theory of Relativity,
especially for such systems in which some of the other post-Keplerian parameters can be measured with limited accuracy. Moreover,
also certain pulsar-white dwarf binary systems, characterized by circular orbits like PSR B1855+09 and a limited number of
measured post-Keplerian parameters, could be used for constraining competing theories of gravity. |
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| Keywords: | Celestial mechanics Mean anomaly General relativity Binaries Pulsars |
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