| graviton | has spin 2 |  |
| carries the force gravity | |
| has definition A massless spin-2 particle which is the hypothetical quantum of the gravitational field. It mediates the force of gravity in a similar way to that in which the spin-1 gauge bosons (i.e. the photon, W±, Z0, and gluons) mediate the other forces. | |
| has definition A hypothetical elementary particle associated with the gravitational interaction. It is a stable particle with zero rest mass, zero charge, and a spin of ± 2, and travels with the speed of light. | |
| has definition Smallest bundle of the gravitational force field; messenger particle for the gravitational force. | |
| has definition The hypothetical quantum particle of the gravitational field. It could also be thought of as a quantized element of space-time curvature. | |
| has definition A quantum of gravitational radiation. | |
| has definition 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. | |
| is a kind of carrier boson | |
| is a kind of massless particle | |
| is a kind of neutral particle | |
| is a kind of hypothetical particle | |
| massless particle | has mass 0 | |
| neutral particle | is not accelerated by electric or magnetic fields | |
| has charge 0 | |
| hypothetical particle | has acceptance status hypothetical | |
| carrier boson | has synonym force carrier | |
| particle | obeys uncertainty principle | |
| has frequency inversely proportional to the wavelength | |
| has wavelength inversely proportional to its momentum | |
| boson | has quantum behavior Bose-Einstein statistics | |
| physical object | has location or center of gravity | |
| has angular momentum | |
| has velocity | |
| has momentum | |
| has temperature | |
| has volume | |
| has extent | |
| has material | |
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