Do gravitons emit gravitons?

Subject: Do gravitons emit gravitons?

Date: Mon Aug 18 18:38:06 2003
Posted by Eliza
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I read about virtual gravitons in your archive, but, as far as I 
understand, "virtual" just means "undetectable", no?

If gravitons exist (and, as far as I understand, they are thought to exist, 
just haven't been detected yet), they must have mass or energy. Obviously it's 
not mass, so they must have energy, and energy warps spacetime by emitting 
gravitons. But then these gravitons should also emit gravitons and so on... the 
gravitation should be infinite anywhere!

But it isn't; so what's wrong with this thinking?

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