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Mr J
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If gravity is effected by "wave particles", per Einstein's theory and now confirmed by recent observations, why do we not detect 'interference' - gravitational 'shadows' - or do we?
Consider that with light waves, a photon once it hits a detector, nothing behind the detector registers the photon. This is the very basic idea of a shadow. Also, each time a light source emits a photon, it loses energy.
So - if gravity is also transferred by a wave particle (a graviton), why do we not witness "gravitational shadows"? For example, if I stand on a huge lead block on the planet earth, wouldn't the block absorb all the gravitons/waves from the earth? Why don't I fly into space? Do the waves pass through the lead block, accelerating it to the source, then affect me without losing any energy? Is gravity quantized - Do gravitons/waves drop to a lower energy state when they encounter mass? Where is the actual 'source' for the gravity wave/particles? With a light source, we know where the photons originate. Do fermions emit gravitons/waves randomly all the time? Then why doesn't mass 'shrink' over time as gravity is emitted, just as a light source loses energy?
Perhaps these are basic questions, but it seems to me that just by simple observation it doesn't appear that gravity behaves as either a wave or a particle.
Consider that with light waves, a photon once it hits a detector, nothing behind the detector registers the photon. This is the very basic idea of a shadow. Also, each time a light source emits a photon, it loses energy.
So - if gravity is also transferred by a wave particle (a graviton), why do we not witness "gravitational shadows"? For example, if I stand on a huge lead block on the planet earth, wouldn't the block absorb all the gravitons/waves from the earth? Why don't I fly into space? Do the waves pass through the lead block, accelerating it to the source, then affect me without losing any energy? Is gravity quantized - Do gravitons/waves drop to a lower energy state when they encounter mass? Where is the actual 'source' for the gravity wave/particles? With a light source, we know where the photons originate. Do fermions emit gravitons/waves randomly all the time? Then why doesn't mass 'shrink' over time as gravity is emitted, just as a light source loses energy?
Perhaps these are basic questions, but it seems to me that just by simple observation it doesn't appear that gravity behaves as either a wave or a particle.