Natural Science Forum / Physics / General Physics / April 2007

"The Properties of the Aether"

    Of course there is no such thing as the Aether, it says so right here
in the book that the Aether has been proven not to exist. Unfortunately for
the academic elite, such a proof does not exist. As Dr. Einstein said,
"remember gentlemen, we have not proven that the Aether does not exist, we
have merely proven that we do not need it (for computations)"! Actually, by
combining the Lorentz Transformations provided by Special Relativity to
obtain the Lorentz Transformation for velocity and adding a simple and
physically realizable thought experiment, the existence of an absolute rigid
velocity reference frame is readily proven. See
http://winsteinhoax.com/posting36.htm.

    The classical Aether was postulated as a medium which allowed the
transmission of light, which was known to be a wave, through space. When
attempts were made to measure our velocity though the alleged medium the
result was failure. In 1903, Fitzgerald and Larmor provided the Lorentz
Transformations for Length and Time which were later mathematically derived
by Dr. Einstein in the Special Theory of Relativity. Both of these
approaches (which are actually identical) answered the dilemma posed by the
failure of the Michelson-Morely experiment to measure our absolute velocity.

    Accepting the Aether as the basic component of space answers many, if
not all, of the problems associated with modern physics. The Aether was
postulated to explain how light, which was known to be a wave, could
propagate through empty space. As shown by Maxwell's Equations, a light wave
consisted of a cyclical interchange of energy between orthogonal
electromagnetic fields in a plane perpendicular to the direction of
propagation and was therefore a shear wave. Since all known waves require a
medium for propagation and shear waves cannot propagate through a fluid, it
was accepted that the medium (the Aether) must be a solid.

    Later work suggested that light was composed of particles, which could
travel without a medium, rather than as a wave. It is easy to show, however,
that electromagnetic waves are composed of one cycle "pings" of an
electromagnetic energy traveling in synchronism. <A
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wave and of photons is determined by the permeability and dielectric
constant of space and, if space has such properties, it cannot be merely a
geometric construct as modern physics would have one believe. Attempting to
retain space as a geometric concept devoid of an Aether forced Dirac to a
invent a space filled with negative energy in order to make his mathematical
explanation of the creation of electron-positron pairs from the energy of a
high energy photon. One might wonder haw that space filled with "negative
energy" is any different from a space filled with the classical Aether.

    If the Aether is a solid, then two questions must be answered. What is
the Nature of that solid and how do "solid" particles (e.g.- matter) travel
through it. The first question is easily answered by looking at the results
of cosmological observations. If the "solid" Aether is composed of minute
granules, akin to rice pudding, then there should be evidence of chromatic
dispersion of the light from distant objects analogous to the reddening of
Sunlight as it passes through the air molecules of our atmosphere. If the
"solid" Aether discontinuous, akin to jello, then no such dispersion would
occur. To date no chromatic dispersion or light from distant objects seems
to have been reported and it seems safe to assert that the Aether is a
continuous solid.

    One is then left with the question of how solid matter can pass through
a solid Aether. The answer which follows is that material particles are not
solid but are actually standing waves (probably electromagnetic). It should
be noted that the work of de Broglie and the theoretical and physical
experiments which followed established the wavelike properties of material
particles early in the 20th century. Such waves would have no more trouble
passing through the Aether than does light. (The nature of particles
including the quarks which compose protons and neutrons etc. is discussed in
http://einsteinhoax.com/hoax.htm and in a posting to follow.

    The Aether must be composed of two materials in proximity, a positive
electric field and a negative electric field. (The use of the word field
rather than charge is deliberate since it is quite possible that the
materials are continuous rather than discrete as is the charge of
electrons.) The application of a sufficiently strong electromagnetic field
might then be expected to separate those materials to form an
electron-positron pair.

    One more property that the Aether must have if one is to account for
gravity is that the proximity of energy causes a reduction in the ABSOLUTE
velocity of light. (The Lorentz Transformation for Velocity shows that since
the velocity of light is constant when measured locally, it cannot be
constant in ABSOLUTE terms.)

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