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   On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 1:56:15 AM UTC-5, stargene wrote:   
   > Does gravitational lensing affect gravitons coming from distant   
   > sources?   
   >   
   > To ease visualization, I assume a straight line between (1) Observer,   
   > (2) Massive lensing object (~SMBH or galaxy), (3) a Distant source   
   > (~SMBH or galaxy).  For photons, ideally, the angle of deflection   
   > witnessed by the observer is theta = 4GM / rc^2 , where G is the   
   > Newtonian gravitational constant, M the lensing mass, r the so-   
   > called "impact parameter" and c the speed of light.   
   >   
   > Since gravitons (which are generally posited to mediate gravitational   
   > interaction between two masses) interact with the grav=E2=80=99l field it=   
   self,   
   > not to mention with themselves (unlike other boson quanta), would   
   > their theta relation be different?  Ie: If we could =E2=80=9Csee=E2=80=9D=   
    gravity,   
   > would we see a gravitational =E2=80=98ring=E2=80=99 similar to the Einste=   
   in Ring, and   
   > would it have the same angular distribution?   
   >   
   > If any distribution exists for gravitons, where could I find a good   
   > reference, and would it distinguish between gravitons of different   
   > energies?   
      
   You can think of a graviton in the weak field limit, where gravitons   
   do not interact with each other, as similar to a pair of photons   
   in an entangled triplet state. Just as this is lensed by a static   
   gravitational force, so too would a gravitational wave.   
      
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