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Based on our "knowledge" of the graviton, and extrapolation from that "knowledge" about the antigraviton, what would be the consequences of a meeting between a graviton and antigraviton
It's not extremely theoretical. Like the photon, the graviton would be its own antiparticle, capable of simple interference during a collision with another graviton. So there's no such thing as an antigraviton, just as there's no antiphoton, there are just gravitons that can interfere destructively with other gravitons.
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Steve Nelson
Expertise
Fusion, solar flares, cosmic rays, radiation in space, and stellar physics questions. Generally, nuclear-related astrophysics, but I can usually point you in the right direction if it's not nuclear-related or if it's nuclear but not astrophysics.
Experience
Currently a physics professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Doctoral dissertation was on a reaction in CNO-cycle fusion, worked in gamma-ray astronomy in the space science division of the naval research laboratory in the high-energy space environment branch.
Organizations
Physics professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
Education/Credentials
Ph.D. in physics, research was on nuclear fusion reactions important in stellar fusion.
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