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To estimate influence of the dark energy on the Keplerian orbits, we solve the general relativistic equations of motion of a test particle in the field of a point-like mass embedded in the cosmological background formed by the Lambda-term with realistic cosmological Robertson-Walker asymptotics at infinity. It is found that under certain relations between three crucial parameters of the problem--the initial radius of the orbit, Schwarzschild and de Sitter radii--the specific secular perturbation caused by the Lambda-term becomes significant, i.e. can reach the rate of the standard Hubble flow. This fact is interesting both by itself and may have important consequences for the long-term dynamics of planets and stellar binary systems.
We consider a binary system composed of a pulsar and a massive, fast rotating, highly distorted main sequence star as a potential scenario to dynamically put to the test certain post-Keplerian effects of both Newtonian and post-Newtonian nature. We numerically produce time series of the perturbations $Deltaleft(deltatauright)$ of the R{o}mer-like, orbital component of the pulsars time delay $deltatau$ induced over 10 years by the pN gravitoelectric mass monopole, quadrupole, gravitomagnetic spin dipole and octupole accelerations along with the Newtonian quadrupolar one. We do not deal with the various propagation time delays due to the travelling electromagnetic waves. It turns out that, for a Be-type star with $M = 15 textrm{M}_odot$, $R_textrm{e} = 5.96 textrm{R}_odot$, $ u = 0.203$, $S = 3.41times 10^{45} textrm{J} textrm{s}$, $J_2 = 1.92times 10^{-3}$ orbited by a pulsar with an orbital period $P_textrm{b}simeq 40-70 textrm{d}$, the classical oblateness-driven effects are at the $lesssim 4-150 textrm{s}$ level, while the pN shifts are of the order of $lesssim 1.5-20 textrm{s} left(GMc^{-2}right)$, $lesssim 10-40 textrm{ms} left(GMR^2_textrm{e} J_2 c^{-2}right)$, $lesssim 0.5 - 6 textrm{ms} left(GSc^{-2}right)$, $lesssim 5 - 20 mutextrm{s} left(GSR^2_textrm{e} varepsilon^2 c^{-2}right)$, depending on their orbital configuration. The root-mean-square (rms) timing residuals $sigma_{tau}$ of almost all the existing non-recycled, non-millisecond pulsars orbiting massive, fast rotating main sequence stars are $lesssimtextrm{ms}$. Thus, such kind of binaries have the potential to become interesting laboratories to measure, or, at least, constrain, some Newtonian and post-Newtonian key features of the distorted gravitational fields of the fast rotating stars hosted by them [Abridged].
We study scalar perturbations induced by scalar perturbations through the non-linear interaction appearing at second order in perturbations. We derive analytic solutions of the induced scalar perturbations in a perfect fluid. In particular, we consider the perturbations in a radiation-dominated era and a matter-dominated era. With the analytic solutions, we also discuss the power spectra of the induced perturbations.
We study cosmological perturbation theory within the framework of unimodular gravity. We show that the Lagrangian constraint on the determinant of the metric required by unimodular gravity leads to an extra constraint on the gauge freedom of the metric perturbations. Although the main equation of motion for the gravitational potential remains the same, the shift variable, which is gauge artifact in General Relativity, cannot be set to zero in unimodular gravity. This non-vanishing shift variable affects the propagation of photons throughout the cosmological evolution and therefore modifies the Sachs-Wolfe relation between the relativistic gravitational potential and the microwave temperature anisotropies. However, for adiabatic fluctuations the difference between the result in General Relativity and unimodular gravity is suppressed on large angular scales. Thus, no strong constraints on the theory can be derived.
We explain in detail the quantum-to-classical transition for the cosmological perturbations using only the standard rules of quantum mechanics: the Schrodinger equation and Borns rule applied to a subsystem. We show that the conditioned, i.e. intrinsic, pure state of the perturbations, is driven by the interactions with a generic environment, to become increasingly localized in field space as a mode exists the horizon during inflation. With a favourable coupling to the environment, the conditioned state of the perturbations becomes highly localized in field space due to the expansion of spacetime by a factor of roughly exp(-c N), where N~50 and c is a model dependent number of order 1. Effectively the state rapidly becomes specified completely by a point in phase space and an effective, classical, stochastic process emerges described by a classical Langevin equation. The statistics of the stochastic process is described by the solution of the master equation that describes the perturbations coupled to the environment.
TianQin is a geocentric space-based gravitational-wave observatory mission consisting of three drag-free controlled satellites in an equilateral triangle with an orbital radius of $ 10^{5}$ km. The constellation faces the white-dwarf binary RX J0806.3+1527 located slightly below the ecliptic plane, and is subject to gravitational perturbations that can distort the formation. In this study, we present combined methods to optimize the TianQin orbits so that a set of 5-year stability requirements can be met. Moreover, we discuss slow long-term drift of the detector pointing due to orbital precession, and put forward stable orbits with six other pointings along the lunar orbital plane. Some implications of the findings are pointed out.