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The '''graviton''' is a hypothetical massless particle conjectured to be responsible for mediating the [[gravitational force]].
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The '''graviton''' is a [[hypothetical]] [[Mass (science)|mass]]less [[particle]] conjectured to be responsible for mediating the [[gravitational force]].
The graviton is postulated in part due to the significant success of the Standard Model of particle physics, which has demonstrated that all other fundamental forces are mediated by elementary [[particle]]s.  
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The graviton is postulated in part due to the significant success of the [[Standard Model]] of [[particle physics]], which has demonstrated that all other fundamental forces are mediated by elementary particles.  
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It would be a spin 2 [[boson]], if the predictions of [[quantum field theory]] are correct.
 
It would be a spin 2 [[boson]], if the predictions of [[quantum field theory]] are correct.
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The graviton is, as yet, undiscovered. This is not for a lack of trying, however the gravitational force is significantly weaker than all other fundamental forces, and this presents several technical challenges to detecting it.
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The graviton is, as yet, undiscovered. This is not for a lack of trying. However, the gravitational force is significantly weaker than all other fundamental forces, and this presents several technical challenges to detecting it.
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