I recently saw the NOVA special on string theory. It left me pondering for the better part of the day. The program stated that there is a concentration of effort in using the atom-smashers to produce gravitons, in an attempt to document an "escaping" graviton which would provide proof of the theory. My question is if gravitons are detectable in the first place, wouldn't it be easier to find naturally occurring gravitons passing into or even through our brane, instead of trying to manufacture them? It seems to me that black holes would be better named "graviton stars," since according to what I understand of string theory, a graviton would be the only thing able to "escape" from the singularity. A black hole is, after all, a stellar sized atom smasher, so theoretically wouldn't they be radiating loads of gravitons? Even if all the gravitons are forced to exit our brane, wouldn't there be similar phenomena in parallel universes that would dump gravitons into our brane? Curious.
2007-02-07
17:03:03
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David T
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