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dc.contributor.authorClifton, Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorBarrow, JDen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-23T15:23:43Z
dc.date.submitted2016-11-07T16:44:12.688Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17851
dc.description6 pages
dc.description6 pagesen_US
dc.description6 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractWe consider the observational effects of a deficit angle, w, in the topology of the solar system and in the 'double pulsar' system PSR J0737-3039A/B. Using observations of the perihelion precession of Mercury, and the gravitational deflection of light due to the Sun, we constrain the magnitude of such a deficit angle in the solar system to be 2*pi*(1-w), with 0<(1-w)<10^(-9) at 95% confidence. We calculate the effects of a deficit angle on the periastron advance, geodetic precession rate and inclination angle of the double pulsar system and use the observational data to obtain the constraint 0<(1-w)<2.4*10^(-8) at 95% confidence. Although this result is weaker than the solar system bound, it is in a very different physical environment, where accumulating data is likely to lead to tighter constraints in the future.en_US
dc.format.extent063006 - ?en_US
dc.relation.ispartofPhys.Rev.Den_US
dc.rightsThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Physical Review D following peer review. The version of record is available http://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.063006
dc.subjectgr-qcen_US
dc.subjectgr-qcen_US
dc.subjectastro-ph.COen_US
dc.titleObservational Constraints on the Completeness of Space near Astrophysical Objectsen_US
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.holder© 2010 American Physical Society
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevD.81.063006en_US
pubs.author-urlhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1001.4469v2en_US
pubs.notesNo embargoen_US
pubs.publisher-urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.063006en_US
pubs.volume81en_US


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