Is the Nexus Graviton a Thing?

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In summary: But it was a poster at a conference, not a publication in a journal. In summary, The conversation discusses the speaker's lack of expertise in GR and QFT, as well as their doubts about a ResearchGate preprint on quantum gravity and the Nexus Graviton theory. They mention finding more articles by the same author with no critical comments, and question whether the Nexus Graviton is a legitimate solution for dark matter and dark energy or just gibberish. The speaker also expresses surprise at the apparent semi-legitimacy of pseudo-science and the possibility of presenting at a conference. However, they later discover that the journal where the preprint was published is a scam.
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Let me preface my question with the observation that I'm not an expert in either GR or QFT. But I do know enough to realize how much I don't know. I'm merely an aging Ph.D. physicist. That said, I viewed a ResearchGate preprint and was invited to comment on it. While I don't believe I'm qualified to comment on it in detail, it struck me as gibberish (but that could be my ignorance about the subject). The preprint in question is: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321489442_Probing_Quantum_Gravity_Through_Strong_Gravitational_Lensing. I found more about the Nexus Graviton (or Nexus Theory), but all by the same author. And no critical comments! Some even appeared to be peer-reviewed. So am I missing something, and the Nexus Graviton is really a Thing (the apparent answer to dark matter and dark energy)? Or are my instincts correct, and this is merely gibberish surrounded by a few equations?
See additional sources: https://phys.org/news/2015-03-black-holes-dark-sector-quantum.html
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1142/S0219887815500425
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=36510
http://independent.academia.edu/StuartMarongwe
 
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Gort said:
no critical comments!

This doesn't really tell you anything. The most common response of experts in a scientific field who believe that someone's pet theory is nonsense is to ignore it, not to make critical comments about it.

Gort said:
am I missing something, and the Nexus Graviton is really a Thing (the apparent answer to dark matter and dark energy)? Or are my instincts correct, and this is merely gibberish surrounded by a few equations?

The abstracts in the links you give strike me as closer to the latter than the former. However, I have not looked into it in any detail.
 
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Gort said:
and this is merely gibberish surrounded by a few equations?

Yes.
 
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It's just amazing to me that pseudo-science is appearing (at least to me) to be so semi-legit. Can anyone present at the "28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics", for instance?

But I just found out that the "International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics" is a scam publication - https://aardvarchaeology.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/scam-publisher-fools-swedish-c/

Anyway, thanks for your input. I'll certainly be more wary in my choice of reading materials!
 
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Gort said:
Can anyone present at the "28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics", for instance?

It was a poster, so maybe.
 

1. Is the Nexus Graviton a real scientific concept?

No, the Nexus Graviton is not a recognized scientific concept in the field of physics or any other scientific field.

2. What is the Nexus Graviton?

The Nexus Graviton is a fictional term often used in science fiction and fantasy literature or media, but it has no basis in real science.

3. Can the Nexus Graviton be used to explain gravity or other physical phenomena?

No, the Nexus Graviton has no scientific basis and therefore cannot be used to explain any physical phenomena.

4. Have scientists ever studied or discovered the Nexus Graviton?

No, scientists have not studied or discovered the Nexus Graviton as it is purely a fictional concept.

5. Is there any evidence or research to support the existence of the Nexus Graviton?

No, there is no evidence or research to support the existence of the Nexus Graviton as it is a fictional concept with no scientific basis.

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