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A precision test for an extra spatial dimension using black-hole-pulsar binaries

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dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorSimonetti, John H.en
dc.contributor.authorKavic, M.en
dc.contributor.authorMinic, Djordjeen
dc.contributor.authorSurani, U.en
dc.contributor.authorVijayan, V.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessed2014-02-05en
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-25T13:57:07Zen
dc.date.available2014-02-25T13:57:07Zen
dc.date.issued2011-08en
dc.description.abstractWe discuss the observable effects of enhanced black hole mass loss in a black hole-neutron star (BH-NS) binary, due to the presence of a warped extra spatial dimension of curvature radius L in the braneworld scenario. For some masses and orbital parameters in the expected ranges the binary components would outspiral-the opposite of the behavior due to energy loss from gravitational radiation alone. If the NS is a pulsar, observations of the rate of change of the orbital period with a precision obtained for the binary pulsar B1913+16 could easily detect the effect of mass loss. For MBH = 7 M-circle dot, M-NS = 1.4 M-circle dot, eccentricity e = 0.1, and L = 10 mu m, the critical orbital period dividing systems that inspiral from systems that outspiral is P approximate to 6.5 hr, which is within the range of expected orbital periods; this value drops to P approximate to 4.2 hr for MBH = 5 M-circle dot. Observations of a BH-pulsar system could set considerably better limits on L in these braneworld models than could be determined by torsion-balance gravity experiments in the foreseeable future.en
dc.description.sponsorshipU.S. Department of Energy DE-FG05-92ER40677en
dc.identifier.citationJohn H. Simonetti et al. 2011. "A precision test for an extra spatial dimension using black-hole-pulsar binaries," ApJ 737 L28 doi:10.1088/2041-8205/737/2/L28en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/737/2/l28en
dc.identifier.issn2041-8205en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/25563en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/737/2/L28/pdf/2041-8205_737_2_L28.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherIOP Publishing Ltd.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectbinaries: closeen
dc.subjectblack hole physicsen
dc.subjectgravitationen
dc.subjectpulsars: generalen
dc.subjectgravitational-radiationen
dc.subjectvariable massen
dc.subjectrelativityen
dc.subjectmillimeteren
dc.subjectgravityen
dc.titleA precision test for an extra spatial dimension using black-hole-pulsar binariesen
dc.title.serialAstrophysical Journal Lettersen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden

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