August 26, 2026Open Access
Photon Interactions with External Gravitational Fields: True Cause of Gravitational Lensing
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Theoretical analysis models photon-gravity interactions and reinterprets gravitational lensing through momentum exchange, suggesting refinements to standard relativistic frameworks.
Key Points
- To investigate the fundamental equations governing photon energy, momentum, and wavelength interactions within external gravitational fields to explain gravitational lensing and spectral shifts.
- Applied foundational quantum and wave-particle duality equations (E = hf, ρ = h/λ) to analyze photon behavior in strong gravitational fields.
- Evaluated energy conservation and momentum exchange principles across curved spacetime and flat spacetime theoretical frameworks.
- Formulated photon energy conservation in gravitational fields as a symmetrical interaction that preserves total energy balance.
- Reinterpreted gravitational lensing, redshift, and blueshift as direct consequences of momentum exchange between photons and gravitational field curvature rather than purely geometric space curvature.
Cite This Study
Soumendra Nath Thakur (2024) studied this question.