Can gravitons be detected?

DOI10.1007/S10701-006-9081-9zbMATH Open1117.83052arXivgr-qc/0601043OpenAlexW3106208387WikidataQ28109484 ScholiaQ28109484MaRDI QIDQ867178FDOQ867178

Authors: Tony Rothman, Stephen Boughn 

Publication date: 15 February 2007

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Freeman Dyson has questioned whether any conceivable experiment in the real universe can detect a single graviton. If not, is it meaningful to talk about gravitons as physical entities? We attempt to answer Dyson's question and find it is possible concoct an idealized thought experiment capable of detecting one graviton; however, when anything remotely resembling realistic physics is taken into account, detection becomes impossible, indicating that Dyson's conjecture is very likely true. We also point out several mistakes in the literature dealing with graviton detection and production.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0601043

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitational wavesgravitonsgravitational bremsstrahlunggraviton-electron cross-sections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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