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graviton comparison table

Subject is not accelerated by is a kind of has quantum behavior has acceptance statu carries the force has spin has synonym has mass has definition has charge

carrier boson elementary particle Bose-Einstein statistics force carrier Particle that acts as the transmitters of forces. The best known example is the photon, which transmits electromagnetic forces. The gluons are the transmitters of the strong interactions, and the W⁺, W^-, and Z⁰ particles are the transmitters of the weak interactions. See Table 7.1 on page 120.

hypothetical particle particle hypothetical

massless particle particle 0 A particle with zero mass

neutral particle electric or magnetic fields particle A particle with zero charge 0

graviton electric or magnetic fields hypothetical particle Bose-Einstein statistics hypothetical gravity 2 force carrier 0 The quanta thought to convey gravitational force; analogous to the photons, gluons, and intermediate vector bosons of electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces. Predicted by quantum theory of gravity, gravitons have not yet been detected. 0

Subject	is not accelerated by	is a kind of	has quantum behavior	has acceptance statu	carries the force	has spin	has synonym	has mass	has definition	has charge
carrier boson		elementary particle	Bose-Einstein statistics				force carrier		Particle that acts as the transmitters of forces. The best known example is the photon, which transmits electromagnetic forces. The gluons are the transmitters of the strong interactions, and the W⁺, W^-, and Z⁰ particles are the transmitters of the weak interactions. See Table 7.1 on page 120.
hypothetical particle		particle		hypothetical
massless particle		particle						0	A particle with zero mass
neutral particle	electric or magnetic fields	particle							A particle with zero charge	0
graviton	electric or magnetic fields	hypothetical particle	Bose-Einstein statistics	hypothetical	gravity	2	force carrier	0	The quanta thought to convey gravitational force; analogous to the photons, gluons, and intermediate vector bosons of electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces. Predicted by quantum theory of gravity, gravitons have not yet been detected.	0

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