The Pioneer anomaly in the context of the braneworld scenario
arXiv:gr-qc/0310101 · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/13/013
Abstract
We examine the Pioneer anomaly - a reported anomalous acceleration affecting the Pioneer 10/11, Galileo and Ulysses spacecrafts - in the context of a braneworld scenario. We show that effects due to the radion field cannot account for the anomaly, but that a scalar field with an appropriate potential is able to explain the phenomena. Implications and features of our solution are analyzed.
Final version to appear at Classical & Quantum Gravity. Plainlatex 19 pages