The apsidal motion of a binary star in the nonsymmetric gravitation theory.
Abstract
The two-body post-Newtonian equations of motion in the nonsymmetric gravitational theory are reduced to the one-body form in the center-of-mass coordinates. The periastron shift formula is calculated and an additional negative contribution is found that can have important consequences for apsidal motion in close binary systems.
- Publication:
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Canadian Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- March 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1139/p85-066
- Bibcode:
- 1985CaJPh..63..428M
- Keywords:
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- Eclipsing Binary Stars;
- Gravitation Theory;
- Stellar Motions;
- Apsides;
- Equations Of Motion;
- Astrophysics;
- Apsidal Motion:Close Binaries;
- Close Binaries:Apsidal Motion