BOUNDING THE PHOTON MASS WITH SOLAR PROBES

Authors
KOSTELECKY VA NIETO MM
Citation
Va. Kostelecky et Mm. Nieto, BOUNDING THE PHOTON MASS WITH SOLAR PROBES, Physics letters. Section B, 317(1-2), 1993, pp. 223-226
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
317
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
223 - 226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1993)317:1-2<223:BTPMWS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Proposed close-encounter solar probes (Vulcan and Solar Probe) are pla nned to have highly eccentric orbits, with a perihelion of about 4R(S) and an inclination close to 90-degrees out of the plane of the eclipt ic. We show this could allow at least an order-of-magnitude improvemen t in the present directly measured limit on the photon mass.