The elementary quantum: Some consequences in physics and astrophysics of a minimal energy quantum

A theory which relates gravitational and inertial forces, and mass and energy, to a single concept, the elementary quantum is proposed. The quantum is described mathematically by an isotropic two dimensional oscillator, assuming that quantum momentum is perpendicular to the plan of oscillation. Photons would react with such quanta in space and thereby lose energy, thus leading to the red shift of starlight. The background 2.7 K radiation in space would consist of the decaying radiation of all wavelengths in which the elementary quantum is the final state. All microparticles would consist of confined energy quanta in resonance states, and absorb energy in the form of elementary quanta from space until they went out of resonance and decayed. The gravitational effect is related to this mass absorption process, the natural flow of elementary quanta from space to particles are the initiator of the interacting gravitational forces.