Solar system constraints on Rindler acceleration

Abstract

We discuss the classical tests of general relativity in the presence of Rindler acceleration. Among these tests the perihelion shifts give the tightest constraints and indicate that the Pioneer anomaly cannot be caused by a universal solar system Rindler acceleration. We address potential caveats for massive test-objects. Our tightest bound on Rindler acceleration that comes with no caveats is derived from radar echo delay and yields |a|<3nm/s^2.

7 pages, v2: minor changes, added references, v3: corrected typos, extended Table 1, corrected bound on measurement of gravitational redshift