Does photons create gravitational waves as they travel through space?
I know that when matter particle moves, they create gravitational waves but does that same thing applies to photons as well and if so then how does it work?
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possible duplicate: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/240440/do-photons-generate-gravitational-waves-since-they-affect-with-their-energy-the – Daddy Kropotkin Nov 07 '20 at 18:28
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You might be interested in the Aichelburg-Sexl metric. The original reference is On the gravitational field of a massless particle. – Chiral Anomaly Nov 07 '20 at 19:35
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When matter particles move, photons are radiated. Maybe gravitational waves are made up of photons. – Bill Alsept Nov 07 '20 at 23:02
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@BillAlsept In mainstream physics, gravitational waves are not made up of photons. – G. Smith Nov 08 '20 at 04:37
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1I know that when matter particle moves, they create gravitational waves A matter particle moving uniformly does not radiate gravitational waves. Nor does a rotating sphere. Some kinds of motion cause gravitational waves and others don’t. – G. Smith Nov 08 '20 at 04:40
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@G.Smith A lot of people also believe that electromagnetic waves are not made a photons. – Bill Alsept Nov 08 '20 at 04:47