Binary-Pulsar Orbital Decay as a Test of the Bounce Frame
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper converts the measured orbital decay ratio of PSR B1913+16 into an upper bound on additional orbital energy loss, evaluates the extra loss a bounced cosmology predicts at stellar densities on its density-ratio scaling, and states the margin between the two as the definitive status of binary pulsars as a test of that frame. The headline results are as follows. Observed-to-predicted orbital decay ratio for PSR B1913+16: 0.9983; Upper bound on any extra fractional orbital energy loss at two sigma: 0.0049; Orbital period change per century implied by the measured decay rate: 0.00765 s per century; Fractional extra loss the bounce density-ratio scaling predicts at stellar density: 1.03e-40; Ratio of the observational bound to the frame prediction: 4.76e+37; Precision the double pulsar would need to improve by to test a loss at one part in a million: 100. All values are computed from the stated assumptions and published inputs; the study is simulated and computed, not measured.
Author: Aldred, William Alexander
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225775144
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