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It would mean we have finally related general relativity and quantum mechanics as Einstein's gravitational wave and de Broglie's wave of wave-particle duality both propagate through it.
the fact that the experiment proved the speed of light was a constant, pointed strongly to the fact that an invisible medium through which light propagated must be present.
If an aether is in fact found to exist, neither General Relativity nor De Broglie matter waves would have any existence. The existence of the aether would violate Lorentz's rule of invariance.
The first step towards accepting the possibility that an aether exists would be to re-examine the Quantum mechanics theory on the propagation of an electric current.
James Clerk Maxwell said of the aether, "In several parts of this treatise an attempt has been made to explain electromagnetic phenomena by means of mechanical action transmitted from one body to another by means of a medium occupying the space between them. The undulatory theory of light also assumes the existence of a medium. We have now to show that the properties of the electromagnetic medium are identical with those of the luminiferous medium."
The first step towards accepting the possibility that an aether exists would be to
..abandon rational thought and all you know about physics.
The gravitational constant is also involved in a circular calculation with various Planck values. So what? That is simply another indication that general relativity is right.
AND if the speed of light is constant because it propagates through a medium, then a lot of the premises of special relativity and general relativity in particular will no longer hold true. In the same way the holy grail of Quantum Mechanics , namely the principle of wave/particle duality will be out of the window.
"Imagine the Earth as if it were immersed in honey. As the planet rotates, the honey around it would swirl, and it's the same with space and time," said Francis Everitt, GP-B principal investigator at Stanford University.
... By introducing the concept of the photon as the fundamental charge carrier, the propagation of electricity is brought into line with all other observed phenomena involving electrons and energy exchange.
After all these years of trying to figure out what electricity is made of, I am finding this idea of it being photons rather interesting.
One way to conceptualize the aether is to consider it to be a sea of photons which are displaced by the matter.
In space, we do see a sea of photons - it is variously called the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) or Sunlight, depending on its spectrum and source.
The CMB is a cosmic background radiation
Cosmic background radiation is electromagnetic radiation
Quote from: arcmetal on 14/05/2016 21:27:32After all these years of trying to figure out what electricity is made of, I am finding this idea of it being photons rather interesting.Electricity is a flow of electric charge. Photons are uncharged, and so cannot carry electric charge.Electrons, protons, positrons and "holes" (the "absence" of an electron) are all charged, and can carry electricity.