There's been some excitement lately with scientists in the UK revealing that they've been able to use meta-materials to create a positive Casimir Force. This got me thinking that if gravitons have a wavelength would it be possible to create a metamaterial that would have a negative refraction index for them?
2007-08-07 08:54:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anthony N 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I don't think that gravitons can be refracted at all, much less negatively refracted.
The ability to bend gravity at all would violate conservation of energy. If you bent gravity into a loop, an object placed into that loop could be made to accelerate indefinitely with no outside input of energy. It would be a true free-energy device, and a contradiction of conservation of energy.
2007-08-07 09:05:03 · answer #1 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravitons exist in theory only, they have not been detected as yet.
2007-08-10 11:10:18 · answer #2 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If i know, I would be very famous right now.
2007-08-07 08:57:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋