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To deny the aether is ultimately to assume that empty space has no physical qualities whatever. The fundamental facts of mechanics do not harmonize with this view... according to the general theory of relativity space is endowed with physical qualities; in this sense, therefore, there exists an aether. According to the general theory of relativity space without aether is unthinkable; for in such space there not only would be no propagation of light, but also no possibility of existence for standards of space and time (measuring-rods and clocks), nor therefore any space-time intervals in the physical
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— Wikipedia
Late in the 19th century, however, it became apparent that the evacuated region still contained thermal radiation. The existence of the aether as a substitute for a true void was the most prevalent theory of the time. According to the successful electromagnetic aether theory based upon Maxwell's electrodynamics, this all-encompassing aether was endowed with energy and hence very different from nothingness. The fact that electromagnetic and gravitational phenomena were easily transmitted in empty space indicated that their associated aethers were part of the fabric of space itself. Maxwell himself noted that: To those who maintained the existence of a plenum as a philosophical principle, nature's abhorrence of a vacuum was a sufficient reason for imagining an all-surrounding aether... Aethers were invented for the planets to swim in, to constitute electric atmospheres and magnetic effluvia, to convey sensations from one part of our bodies to another, and so on, till a space had been filled three or four times with aethers.[24]- Wikipedia
ELEMENT WHAT IS AETHER? — FIFTH BY JEFF YEE Also known as ether, the definition of the aether from dictionary.com is… “a hypothetical substance supposed to occupy all space, postulated to account for the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through space”. The aether was commonly accepted by scientists until the MichelsonMorley experiment failed to detect an aether “wind” in an experiment in 1887. Numerous experiments following Michelson-Morley, with greater precision instruments, have also been unable to detect the aether. Following this experiment, scientists (including Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Neils Bohr and other famous physicists in the 1900s) had to build their theories and equations based on an assumption that there is no medium capable of propagating a wave in space.
THE AETHER IS A CRITICAL, MISSING COMPONENT OF PHYSICS THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED TO EXPLAIN THE WAVE NATURE OF MATTER. ANY THEORY OF WAVES THAT RELIES ON THE EXISTENCE OF AN AETHER MUST EXPLAIN THE RESULTS OF THE MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT.
Medieval concept of the cosmos. The innermost spheres are the terrestrial spheres, while the outer are made of aether and contain the celestial bodies.
The aether exists and it is the medium for propagating light and other longitudinal and transverse (electromagnetic) waves across the universe. It is the fabric of our universe, consisting of tiny granules that transfer energy in the form of waves. Its structure and properties were worked out in the section on spacetime. In fact, it has a density property in the wave constants that appears in all of the energy wave equations. Without an aether, or without this density property, none of the calculations performed in this theory would be possible. Therefore, there must be an explanation to the null Michelson-Morley experiment if the aether exists.
NATURE REVEALS
The Measure A few years after the Michelson-Morley experiments were published, Hendrik Lorentz suggested the experiment apparatus failed to consider length contraction in the direction of motion. Lorentz would later have the Lorentz contraction factor named after him, and matter has been proven to contract. However, this explanation was disregarded in the Michelson-Morley experiment. Now, computer simulations can be written that consider length contraction in the direction of motion and use the Lorentz factor in one arm of the interferometer. Without the Lorentz factor considered, the results are what Michelson and Morley recorded. The aether does not exist. With length contraction considered, there is a phase shift, indicating the possibility of an aether.
Without Length Contraction What Michelson and Morley Witnessed
Phase Difference – Expected Results to Prove an Aether Wave
Credit: Brilliant.org
With Length Contraction
Phase Difference – Expected Results to Prove an Aether Wave
A separate simulation provided by Gabriel LaFreniere is available at Rhythmodynamics.
“On the one hand, the apparatus undergoes a contraction which cancels the waves’ speed difference. On the other hand, the beam splitter angle is increased in order to deviate the light beam in the correct direction. Finally, waves arrive in the scope without any phase difference.” — Gabriel LaFreniere
ARTICLE BY JEFF YEE ENERGYWAVETHEORY.COM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZUHyN_NCaQ&t=2s
WHAT IS AETHER? A HISTORY OF THE DEBATE ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE UNIVERSE BY JEFF YEE.