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Constraining the Mass of the Graviton with the Planetary Ephemeris INPOP

L. von BernusIMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 77 avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, FranceO. MinazzoliArtemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, BP4229, 06304, Nice Cedex 4, FranceA. FiengaGéoazur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, 250 Rue Albert Einstein, 06560 Valbonne, FranceMickaël GastineauIMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 77 avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, FranceJ. LaskarIMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 77 avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, FranceP. DeramGéoazur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, 250 Rue Albert Einstein, 06560 Valbonne, France

2019en

ABI

Abstract

We use the planetary ephemeris INPOP17b to constrain the existence of a Yukawa suppression to the Newtonian potential, generically associated with the graviton's mass. We also give an interpretation of this result for a specific case of fifth force framework. We find that the residuals for the Cassini spacecraft significantly (90% C.L.) degrade for Compton wavelengths of the graviton smaller than 1.83×10^{13} km, which correspond to a graviton mass bigger than 6.76×10^{-23} eV/c^{2}. This limit is comparable in magnitude to the one obtained by the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration in the radiative regime. We also use this specific example to defend that constraints on alternative theories of gravity obtained from postfit residuals may be generically overestimated.

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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.161103

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