On the Speed of Gravity and Relativistic v/c Corrections to the Shapiro Time Delay
arXiv:gr-qc/0310065 · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2006.02.028
Abstract
Recent papers by Samuel declared that the linearized post-Newtonian v/c effects are too small to have been measured in the recent experiment involving Jupiter and quasar J0842+1845 that was used to measure the ultimate speed of gravity defined as a fundamental constant entering in front of each time derivative of the metric tensor in the Einstein gravity field equations. We describe our Lorentz-invariant formulation of the Jovian deflection experiment and confirm that v/c effects are do observed, as contrasted to the erroneous claim by Samuel, and that they vanish if and only if the speed of gravity is infinite.
7 pages. Final version published in Physics Letters A