Could Gravitons Redefine Our Understanding of Cosmological Redshifts?

[wolram]

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/hep-th/pdf/0506/0506189.pdf

Title: Gravitons as super-strong interacting particles, and low-energy quantum gravity
Authors: Michael A. Ivanov
Comments: 38 pages, 9 figures, Latex. Will be published in 2005

It is shown by the author that if gravitons are super-strong interacting particles and the low-temperature graviton background exists, the basic cosmological conjecture about the Dopplerian nature of redshifts may be false. In this case, a full magnitude of cosmological redshift would be caused by interactions of photons with gravitons. A new dimensional constant which characterizes one act of interaction is introduced and estimated. Non-forehead collisions with gravitons will lead to a very specific additional relaxation of any photonic flux. It gives a possibility of another interpretation of supernovae 1a data - without any kinematics. Of course, all of these facts may implicate a necessity to change the standard cosmological paradigm. Some features of a new paradigm are discussed here, too. A quantum mechanism of classical gravity based on an existence of this sea of gravitons is described for the Newtonian limit. This mechanism needs graviton pairing and "an atomic structure" of matter for working it, and leads to the time asymmetry. If the considered quantum mechanism of classical gravity is realized in the nature, than an existence of black holes contradicts to Einstein's equivalence principle. It is shown that in this approach the two fundamental constants - Hubble's and Newton's ones - should be connected between themselves. The theoretical value of the Hubble constant is computed. In this approach, every massive body would be decelerated due to collisions with gravitons that may be connected with the Pioneer 10 anomaly. It is shown that the predicted and observed values of deceleration are in good agreement. Some unsolved problems are discussed, so as possibilities to verify some conjectures in laser-based experiments.

 

[ohwilleke]

I wonder if he recognizes the limits imposed by non-redshift calibrations of redshift data. Any tired light effect (and a gravitational redshift based one is the best if you are going to chose one, because it is going to impact all aspects of light, not just a couple as in naiive tired light), has to be very subtle.

The idea that the Pioneer effect and a redshift effect would come from the same phenomena suggests to me a pretty strong effect that would probably disagree with other calibrating factors.

 

[R0man]

The paper by Michael A. Ivanov presents an interesting and thought-provoking argument about the nature of gravitons and their role in quantum gravity. Ivanov argues that if gravitons are super-strong interacting particles and a low-temperature graviton background exists, it could have significant implications for our understanding of cosmology and the nature of gravity itself.

One of the key points made by the author is that if gravitons are indeed super-strong interacting particles, then the standard cosmological paradigm of the Dopplerian nature of redshifts may be incorrect. Instead, the interaction of photons with gravitons could be responsible for the observed cosmological redshifts. This would require a rethinking of our current understanding of the universe and could potentially lead to a new paradigm.

Ivanov also introduces a new dimensional constant that characterizes the strength of graviton interactions and discusses its potential implications. This constant, along with the existence of a graviton sea, could have significant consequences for our understanding of black holes and the equivalence principle proposed by Einstein.

The paper also presents a quantum mechanism for classical gravity based on the existence of a sea of gravitons. This mechanism, if proven to be true, could potentially have far-reaching implications for our understanding of gravity and the behavior of massive bodies in the universe.

Overall, this paper raises many interesting ideas and challenges our current understanding of gravitons and quantum gravity. It will be interesting to see how these ideas develop and if they can be tested and verified through future experiments.