graviton

hypothetical elementary particle that mediates gravitation

Class type of: hypothetical particle, massless quantum particle, real neutral particle Q103585

Facts

14 properties

Instance of: type of quantum particle
Subclass of: hypothetical particle, massless quantum particle, real neutral particle, elementary boson, force carrier^[6]
Antiparticle: graviton^[15]
Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3, Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction^[10]^[11]
Electric charge: +0^[16]
Has superpartner: gravitino^[17]
Interaction: gravity^[7]
Mass: +0^[14]
Mean lifetime: +450000000, +1^[18]^[19]
Monte Carlo Particle Number: 39^[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies^[20]^[21]
Parity quantum number: +1^[9]
Speed: +299792458^[13]
Spin quantum number: +2^[8]

🏷️ Also known as

en graviton ar Graviton ar جرافتون ar جرافيتون ar غرافتون ar غرافيتون ar غرافيتونات ar قرافيتون ar الجرافيتون el Βαρυτόνιο es Beetle es Graviton es gravitón fa گراویتون fa گرویتون fi gravitoni fr Interaction gravitationnelle he גרביטון he גרוויטון hi ग्रैविटॉन

🔖 Identifiers · 32

GND ID: 4450121-3
OpenAlex ID: C130044071
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Fundamental Interactions.png ↗
BBC Things ID: 500efd95-097a-43d4-87f5-27dd144673ed
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 18092604n
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: graviton
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/graviton
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: graviton
Fandom article ID: memory-alpha:Graviton, de.memory-alpha:Graviton, fr.memory-alpha:Graviton, ja.memory-alpha:重力子
Freebase ID: /m/035mq
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: graviton
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2374931

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Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: graviton-5ab454
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 23178
JSTOR topic ID (archived): gravitons
KBpedia ID: Graviton
Lex ID: graviton
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 130044071
NE.se ID: graviton
NLab ID: graviton
Namuwiki ID: 중력자
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning: 427675
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3907669
PSH ID: 3162
Proleksis enciklopedija ID: 24359
Quora topic ID: Gravitons
ScienceDirect topic ID: earth-and-planetary-sciences/graviton
Startrek.com Database ID: database_article/graviton
Treccani ID: gravitone
Treccani's Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID: gravitone
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 09314539-n
World of Physics ID: Graviton

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Subclass of 2

massless quantum particle, force carrier

Antiparticle 1

graviton

Has superpartner 1

gravitino

Interaction 1

gravity

On focus list of Wikimedia project 1

Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

← Antiparticle 1

graviton

← FactGrid item ID 1

Alligny-Cosne

← Has superpartner 1

gravitino

← SNARC ID 1

Zeitz

← Superpartner of 1

gravitino

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Summary

graviton is a type of quantum particle^[1]. graviton is a type of hypothetical particle^[2], massless quantum particle^[3], real neutral particle^[4], and elementary boson^[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ graviton — subclass of (P279): hypothetical particle. Retrieved 2020-02-12. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ graviton — subclass of (P279): massless quantum particle. Retrieved 2020-02-12. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ graviton — subclass of (P279): real neutral particle. Retrieved 2020-02-12. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ graviton — subclass of (P279): elementary boson. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ graviton — subclass of (P279): force carrier. Retrieved 2020-02-12. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ graviton — interaction (P517): gravity. Retrieved 2020-02-12. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ graviton — spin quantum number (P1122): 2. Review of Particle Physics. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ graviton — parity quantum number (P1123): 1. Retrieved 2020-02-12. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ graviton — described by source (P1343): Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ graviton — described by source (P1343): Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ graviton — Monte Carlo Particle Number (P1360): 39. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ graviton — speed (P2052): 299792458 metre per second. Retrieved 2019-05-19. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ graviton — mass (P2067): 0 electronvolt per speed of light squared. Retrieved 2020-02-12. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ graviton — antiparticle (P2152): graviton. Retrieved 2019-05-19. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ graviton — electric charge (P2200): 0 elementary charge. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ graviton — has superpartner (P2375): gravitino. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ graviton — mean lifetime (P2645): 450,000,000 years. Retrieved 2020-02-12. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ graviton — mean lifetime (P2645): 1 infinity. Retrieved 2020-02-12. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ graviton — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ graviton — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ graviton is an instance of type of quantum particle (Q22675015) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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14w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Pronunciation audio → LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schoenitzer (MichaelSchoenitzer)-Gravi, LL-Q809 (pol)-Grawiton-grawiton.wav

"Created claim: Pronunciation audio: LL-Q809 (pol)-Grawiton-grawiton.wav"
21w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗

On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36807: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
26w ago · Tri-l · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Image → Fundamental Interactions.png

Electric charge → 0 elementary charge

Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3, Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

Video → Do Gravitons Really Exist - Finding the Particles of Gravity

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