I've asked numerous profs this question and they all just kind of
scratch their heads, so maybe someone here can help.

If an object emits a photon and the observer has relative motion
either towards or away, the photon will be either blueshifted or
redshifted respectively. [doppler shifted to higher or lower energy]

In QM does this same principle apply to bosons??
Specifically to the conjectored graviton if two interacting masses
have relative motion??
Does QM predict that a mass like earth is constantly emitting
gravitons at speed C??
If it does then I suspect a doppler shift should be noticed.
I understand the force particles under QM are virtual particles, so
maybe this does not apply here.

I am also aware that GR is a successful theory of gravity but is
incompatable with the QM interpretation

Thanks Bill

Bill wrote:

I've asked numerous profs this question and they all just kind of
scratch their heads, so maybe someone here can help.

If an object emits a photon and the observer has relative motion
either towards or away, the photon will be either blueshifted or
redshifted respectively. [doppler shifted to higher or lower energy]

In QM does this same principle apply to bosons??
Specifically to the conjectored graviton if two interacting masses
have relative motion??
Does QM predict that a mass like earth is constantly emitting
gravitons at speed C??
If it does then I suspect a doppler shift should be noticed.
I understand the force particles under QM are virtual particles, so
maybe this does not apply here.

I am also aware that GR is a successful theory of gravity but is
incompatable with the QM interpretation

Gravitons are curve fitting. They are theoretical constructs that
meet the requirements of classical field theory and M-theory math.
There is no observational or experimental evidence for their existence
or that gravity is in any way quantized.

One would expect that gravity should be quantized and propagate via
spin-2 tensor bosons. Any attempt at reducing that to practice
severely suffers from the weakness of the force or the difficulty of
accelerating degenerate maatter bodies to near lightspeed.

Note that the relativistic Doppler shift is *not* the same as the
classical Doppler shift.

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