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Originally Posted by JimJast
I worry about the quantum numbers too however if gravitons are emited from the atom at the same time when a photon is (when the atom loses its h*nu energy) with is the same as its loss of gravitational energy) then at least there is a strong suspicion that it is the same particle.
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That is a logical fallacy-- that if two things involve the loss of mass from the object, the two things must be the same. If you take your clothes off to go to bed, are you "emitting gravitational radiation", or just taking your clothes off? There's a reason that science defines its terms more carefully than that.
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And so the same kind of radiation, namely electromagnetic. Since otherwise where do you see the difference between the two? There must be such places if those two radiations are different.
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Exactly. There are (the quantum numbers of the particle, and its attributes like charge, rest mass, etc.). These are basically the same kind of things that distinguish clothes from gravitational waves.