Gravitons

This book explores a new approach to the graviton, describing it as the quantum particle of spacetime that carries energy and provides bodies with the dimensions of time and space. Accordingly, the Universe is teeming with gravitons which travel at the speed of light. The equations for gravitational redshift are used to derive the unification equation. From this equation the frequency and wavenumber of incident gravitons for a free body are calculated. The Compton Effect is used to...
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This book explores a new approach to the graviton, describing it as the quantum particle of spacetime that carries energy and provides bodies with the dimensions of time and space. Accordingly, the Universe is teeming with gravitons which travel at the speed of light. The equations for gravitational redshift are used to derive the unification equation. From this equation the frequency and wavenumber of incident gravitons for a free body are calculated. The Compton Effect is used to predict a scattering angle for hydrogen nuclei and a scattering angle hydrogen atoms. Rotation curves of galaxies are analysed to estimate that the empirical value of the scattering angle of gravitons is similar to the predicted range for hydrogen atoms and nuclei. This result supports the new approach to the graviton. The unification equation is applied to the Einstein equation of general relativity, enabling it to be written in a new, more meaningful form. The book reveals how the scattering of gravitons produces diffraction patterns and local curvature of spacetime, which influence the structure of the Universe on a much larger scale than can be explained by general relativity or Newtonian gravity. Observations that previously have been attributed to dark matter, are explained in terms of the scattering of gravitons and diffraction patterns. Equations are derived which show that diffraction patterns of gravitons can explain the rapid orbital speeds of bodies in galactic haloes. The findings of this book are used to modify the current cosmological model. The sea of gravitons is the cosmological fluid of the Universe. It provides an energy density that is constant as the Universe ages. In conclusion, the new approach to the graviton provides a mechanism for space and time that also explains cosmological observations in a meaningful and straightforward way. It provides a pathway which leads to unification of general relativity and quantum theory in the general quantum theory.