Magnetic fields and gravitons ?

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This might sound crazy , but could a magnetic field exchange gravitons with something
else , or can a magnetic field emit gravitons , And when a photon is emitted from the B field is the gravitational field from the B field transferred to the photon and then carried away by the photon .
 
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someone has to have some input on this , Any input will be much appreciated.
 
Magnetic fields ARE photons.

I don't really know the answer to your question quantum mechanically, but classically, having a B field means there's an energy density u = |B|^2/2mu_0. An energy density contributes to the stress-energy tensor, and thus, by Einstein's equation, produces curvature. My naive intuition regarding the corresponding theory would tell me that yes, the field should be able to couple to gravitons.
 
chrispb said:
Magnetic fields ARE photons.
I thought that photons were the excitation of the magnetic field.

Are you saying that magnetic fields can diffract .
 
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