Predicting the relativistic periastron advance of a binary without curving spacetime. (23rd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Friedman, Y.; Livshitz, S.; Steiner, J. M.
• Is Part Of: Europhysics letters. Volume 116:Number 5(2016:Dec.)
• Publication Date: 2017-01-23
• Subjects: 95.30.Sf -- 95.10.Eg; Physics -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 530.05
• DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/116/59001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0295-5075

Abstract

Abstract: Relativistic Newtonian dynamics, the simple model used previously for predicting accurately the anomalous precession of Mercury, is now applied to predict the periastron advance of a binary. The classical treatment of a binary as a two-body problem is modified to account for the influence of the gravitational potential on spacetime. Without curving spacetime, the model predicts the identical equation for the relativistic periastron advance as the post-Newtonian approximation of the general relativity formalism thereby providing further substantiation of this model.