The purpose of this thesis is to examine the gravitational scattering of massless scalar particles, photons, four component neutrinos, and two component neutrinos by one another. A modification of the quantum theory of the weak gravitational field developed by Gupta is used as a basis for the considerations. Cross-sections are given for the gravitational scattering of scalar particles by: scalar particles, photons, four component neutrinos, and two component neutrinos; of photons by: photons, four component neutrinos, and two component neutrinos; of four component neutrinos by four component neutrinos, and of two component neutrinos by two component neutrinos. The cross-section given by Barker et al and by Boccaletti et al for the scattering of photons by photons is confirmed. The cross-section for the scattering of massive scalar particles by massive scalar particles quoted by DeWitt and the cross-section for the scattering of photons by massive scalar particles given by Boccaletti et al are found to be in error and are corrected. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/35243 |
| Date | January 1970 |
| Creators | Peet, Frederick Gordon |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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