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arxiv 2402.06096 v1 pith:MTZO2PYS submitted 2024-02-08 gr-qc astro-ph.EPastro-ph.IMphysics.space-ph

Doppler Tracking Data of Martian Mission Tianwen-I and Upper Limit of Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background

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Two way ranging data for spacecraft tracking of China's first Martian mission Tianwen-I is analysed. Shortly before the spacecraft entered the Mars parking orbit, the two way coherent microwave link between the spacecraft and the Earth resembles a long arm gravitational wave interferometer, with both the spacecraft and the Earth regarded as in an approximate free falling state. By carefully selecting and analysing data segments of the time series of the two way ranging data during this time span, a parametric statistical model is built for the data segments and an upper limit for the stochastic gravitational waves background (SGWB) is then estimated within the frequency window 0.1Hz to 0.1 mHz. The upper bound improves considerably on those obtained before. In particular, around the deci-Hz band, there is a three orders improvement on the bound obtained previously by the two way ranging data of the Chang e 3 mission. Scientific applications of the upper bound is then considered and a weak upper bound is worked out for axions which is a promising candidate for ultra light dark matter.

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