Essay Abstract

We hypothesize a fundamental aether and derive the emergence of Special Relativity

Author Bio

Dr Marc Fleury has a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris for research he did at MIT. After a decade spent as an entrepreneur building open source middleware software (JBoss, acquired by RedHat in 2007) Marc retired and went back to study, including physics, finance, crypto and music. His current research interest include software simulations of walkers, Bell violations, and experimental studies of entangled Bell photons.

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Dear Dr Marc Fleury,

In qualifying the aim of the 'What is Fundamental?' essay contest, Dr. Brendan Foster, the FQXi.org Science Projects Consultant wrote: "We invite interesting and compelling explorations, from detailed worked examples through thoughtful rumination, of the different levels at which nature can be described, and the relations between them.

Real Nature has never had any abstract finite levels.

I have concluded from my deep research that Nature must have devised the only permanent real structure of the Universe obtainable for the real Universe existed for millions of years before man and his finite complex informational systems ever appeared on earth. The real physical Universe consists only of one single unified VISIBLE infinite surface occurring eternally in one single infinite dimension that am always illuminated mostly by finite non-surface light.

Joe Fisher, ORCID ID 0000-0003-3988-8687. Unaffiliated

Dear Dr Marc Fleury,

In qualifying the aim of the 'What is Fundamental?' essay contest, Dr. Brendan Foster, the FQXi.org Science Projects Consultant wrote: "We invite interesting and compelling explorations, from detailed worked examples through thoughtful rumination, of the different levels at which nature can be described, and the relations between them.

Real Nature has never had any abstract finite levels.

I have concluded from my deep research that Nature must have devised the only permanent real structure of the Universe obtainable for the real Universe existed for millions of years before man and his finite complex informational systems ever appeared on earth. The real physical Universe consists only of one single unified VISIBLE infinite surface occurring eternally in one single infinite dimension that am always illuminated mostly by finite non-surface light.

Joe Fisher, ORCID ID 0000-0003-3988-8687. Unaffiliated

    Dear Dr Marc Fleury,

    In qualifying the aim of the 'What is Fundamental?' essay contest, Dr. Brendan Foster, the FQXi.org Science Projects Consultant wrote: "We invite interesting and compelling explorations, from detailed worked examples through thoughtful rumination, of the different levels at which nature can be described, and the relations between them.

    Real Nature has never had any abstract finite levels.

    I have concluded from my deep research that Nature must have devised the only permanent real structure of the Universe obtainable for the real Universe existed for millions of years before man and his finite complex informational systems ever appeared on earth. The real physical Universe consists only of one single unified VISIBLE infinite surface occurring eternally in one single infinite dimension that am always illuminated mostly by finite non-surface light.

    Joe Fisher, ORCID ID 0000-0003-3988-8687. Unaffiliated

    Dear Marc Fleury,

    I very much enjoyed your essay as we tackle the same problem in much the same way. In my endnotes I mentioned that condensed matter 'ether' of the Volovik-type picture [my ref 21], while my simpler basic postulate is to let local gravity behave as ether. I place this in the historic context of Hertz and Einstein and focus on contrasting space-time derivation of Lorentz in two inertial frames with energy-time derivation of Lorentz in one inertial frame. I do not treat the Riemannian metric in 3D as you do on page 5, but I am in general agreement with your approach. I avoid quantum issues in my current essay; your scope in your essay is vastly larger than mine. You attempt to apply your model of ether in all current fields of physics [in 9 pages!], and you do an admirable job in this. I focus primarily on the ramifications of ether on the nature of time.

    Congratulations on an impressive essay. I invite you to read my essay and welcome your comments.

    My best regards,

    Edwin Eugene Klingman

      Dear Marc Fleury, the fundamental must be simple, visible and understandable to spare our thinking. The idea of the ether taken from mythology and not suitable for this. I'm here to say to all: "Replace the Aether on concept of physical space!" Descartes idea of identity of space and matter is stronger than the idea of ether, which he filled the spaces between the large particles to the space without voids. He said that the void space is filled instantly. Taking into account modern views, we must say that void in space filled with the speed of light and so they do not disappear and the matter (space) move forever.

      Take a look at my essay in which I cited examples of the effectiveness of New Cartesian physics and give a comment.

      With respect. Dizhechko Boris Semyonovich

        Dear Marc,

        I enjoyed very much your essay, and thank you for your numerous citations of my work "Universe and Matter Conjectured as a 3-Dimensional Lattice with Topological Singularities". Several of your assertions are effectively deduced from my work, and I should like here to give more informations related to it, which can be obtained at the following adresses:

        Website: http://gerardgremaud.ch/

        Article: G. Gremaud, « Universe and Matter conjectured as a 3-dimensional Lattice with Topological Singularities », July 2016, Journal of Modern Physics, 7, 1389-1399 , DOI 10.4236/jmp.2016.712126

        Article: G. Gremaud, « Maxwell's equations as a special case of deformation of a solid lattice in Euler's coordinates », September 2016, arXiv :1610.00753 [physics.gen-ph]

        Book: G. Gremaud, « Universe and Matter conjectured as a 3-dimensional Lattice with Topological Singularities », translated by Marc Fleury,that can be obtained on:

        https://www.amazon.com/Universe-conjectured-3-dimensional-Topological-Singularities/dp/2839919346/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468498525&sr=1-2&keywords=g%C3%A9rard+gremaud

        With my best regards

        Gérard GremaudAttachment #1: Is_the_Universe_a_Lattice.pdf

        Marc:

        Your aether is my plenum.

        Compare the STOE model of the trajectory of photons in the silgle slit, diffraction experiment (Fig. 1 of "Diffraction experiment and its STOE photon simulation program rejects wave models of light": http://intellectualarchive.com/?link=item&id=1603 )with a walker diffraction experiment (Fig. 5.c. of "A new waveof pilot-wave theory" J.W.M. Bush, Physics Today, 68 (8), 47-53, 2015).

        The STOE paper also shows the result of a laser diffraction experiment with a varying intensity across the slit. Thisprovidesa link of the walker experiments with the actual difraction with a result that rejects the Huygens Fresnel model.

        photon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAjKk6k6-k

        Hodge Exp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A07bogzzMEI

        STOE model of the universe http://intellectualarchive.com/?link=item&id=1648

        6 days later

        Hi Dr Marc fleury....

        Is Aether required for explaining Universe properties? Dynamic Universe Model dont use the concept of aether.... I request you to please have look...

        Some of the Main foundational points of Dynamic Universe Model :

        -No Isotropy

        -No Homogeneity

        -No Space-time continuum

        -Non-uniform density of matter, universe is lumpy

        -No singularities

        -No collisions between bodies

        -No blackholes

        -No warm holes

        -No Bigbang

        -No repulsion between distant Galaxies

        -Non-empty Universe

        -No imaginary or negative time axis

        -No imaginary X, Y, Z axes

        -No differential and Integral Equations mathematically

        -No General Relativity and Model does not reduce to GR on any condition

        -No Creation of matter like Bigbang or steady-state models

        -No many mini Bigbangs

        -No Missing Mass / Dark matter

        -No Dark energy

        -No Bigbang generated CMB detected

        -No Multi-verses

        Here:

        -Accelerating Expanding universe with 33% Blue shifted Galaxies

        -Newton's Gravitation law works everywhere in the same way

        -All bodies dynamically moving

        -All bodies move in dynamic Equilibrium

        -Closed universe model no light or bodies will go away from universe

        -Single Universe no baby universes

        -Time is linear as observed on earth, moving forward only

        -Independent x,y,z coordinate axes and Time axis no interdependencies between axes..

        -UGF (Universal Gravitational Force) calculated on every point-mass

        -Tensors (Linear) used for giving UNIQUE solutions for each time step

        -Uses everyday physics as achievable by engineering

        -21000 linear equations are used in an Excel sheet

        -Computerized calculations uses 16 decimal digit accuracy

        -Data mining and data warehousing techniques are used for data extraction from large amounts of data.

        - Many predictions of Dynamic Universe Model came true....Have a look at

        http://vaksdynamicuniversemodel.blogspot.in/p/blog-page_15.html

        I request you to please have a look at my essay also, and give some of your esteemed criticism for your information........

        Dynamic Universe Model says that the energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation passing grazingly near any gravitating mass changes its in frequency and finally will convert into neutrinos (mass). We all know that there is no experiment or quest in this direction. Energy conversion happens from mass to energy with the famous E=mC2, the other side of this conversion was not thought off. This is a new fundamental prediction by Dynamic Universe Model, a foundational quest in the area of Astrophysics and Cosmology.

        In accordance with Dynamic Universe Model frequency shift happens on both the sides of spectrum when any electromagnetic radiation passes grazingly near gravitating mass. With this new verification, we will open a new frontier that will unlock a way for formation of the basis for continual Nucleosynthesis (continuous formation of elements) in our Universe. Amount of frequency shift will depend on relative velocity difference. All the papers of author can be downloaded from "http://vaksdynamicuniversemodel.blogspot.in/ "

        I request you to please post your reply in my essay also, so that I can get an intimation that you replied

        Best

        =snp

        Dear Fellow Essayists

        This will be my final plea for fair treatment.,

        FQXI is clearly seeking to find out if there is a fundamental REALITY.

        Reliable evidence exists that proves that the surface of the earth was formed millions of years before man and his utterly complex finite informational systems ever appeared on that surface. It logically follows that Nature must have permanently devised the only single physical construct of earth allowable.

        All objects, be they solid, liquid, or vaporous have always had a visible surface. This is because the real Universe must consist only of one single unified VISIBLE infinite surface occurring eternally in one single infinite dimension that am always illuminated mostly by finite non-surface light.

        Only the truth can set you free.

        Joe Fisher, Realist

        Marc - A fascinating essay, thanks! I particularly like the paragraph on Schrodinger's cat. A good addition to your zoological theme. As for the turtles, I'm still hoping to find the first turtle - but alas I fear we will always be stuck with axioms, and Godel.

        Cheers - George Gantz

          Thanks for reading and the kind feedback.

          Yes the Schrodinger cat finds an interesting paradox solving in the non-linear narrative. As explained in the paper, you can turn to chaos theory as arising in non-linear dynamics (for example the hydrodynamic walkers of Prof Couder) to find emergent deterministic chaos, where every step remains deterministic but for all practical purposes (to use a John Bell favorite expression) the outcome of the dynamics needs a statistical description and you lose determinism and recover the 1-N mappings.

          In this narrative the cat always dies for 1/ we don't have a reversible transition 2/ we will at some point intermit (in the parlance of chaos theory) to the dead state.

          Since you seem interested in these topics, I highly recommend the reference of http:// chaosbook.org in the essay. Prof Predrag Cvitanovic at Georgia Tech in Atlanta (where I live) and his team have put together quite the monograph on the topic.

          I took his graduate level class (as an auditor) and collaborated with his team on the subject of quantum walkers and some of the research I chronicle in the essay (specifically the last part on Lorentz contraction of orbits). Ironically the great man himself shies away from talking about QM in general. This topic of emergent QM seems to really scare people.

          SR remains the dominant taboo in the research field so I thought reconciling the notions of SR (Lorentz time dilation and space contraction) with an hypothetical aethyr would prove entertaining and enlightening. Not everyone seems to share our need for this mechanical and realist explanation as someone actually took the time to rate this essay 1/10 :)

          22 days later

          Marc,

          Nice unique layout & format plus very clear explanations, much of which I agree with (though some I don't) and have analysed in detailed in prev. finalist essays.

          I found a lot to like; I pick out some highlights;

          Gravity, as a force, results from density gradients in the aether.

          Quantum Mechanics. We move to classify the paradox as a mis-category.

          QM dynamics stop when measured in destructive ways

          This spin result appears extrinsic as a dynamic result of measure not an intrinsic property to the electron

          helicity either clockwise or counterclockwise and with the same angular velocity. We also see spin reversal. In this picture, the 'spin' emerges as physical quantized angular momentum.

          ...their respective field gives each other the dominant contribution, or the spin emergence we mentioned where particles all turn the same way with the same radius and the same velocity

          ...undergoes a contraction in the direction of displacement by the Doppler effect.

          This gives us the proper numerical spatial Lorentz contraction of the field. The field takes on the shape of an oval, (I add; equiv to 'Elliptical polarity')

          If you'd like to check through a full classical mechanism producing QM's predictions from different assumptions do read my essay (carefully!) I've just found Poincares Sphere confirming my 'doublet states' starting assumption. The EPR paradox dissipated as Bell anticipated. Shocking, but Declan Traill's matching code & plot shows the CHSH >2. (Of course I suspect such heresy will never overcome belief!)

          Well done for yours Your score is too low so mine will help.

          Very best.

          Peter

          Dear Marc

          If you are looking for another essay to read and rate in the final days of the contest, will you consider mine please?

          A couple of days in and semblance of my essay taking form, however the house bound inactivity was wearing me. I had just the remedy, so took off for a solo sail across the bay. In the lea of cove, I had underestimated the open water wind strengths. My sail area overpowered. Ordinarily I would have reduced sail, but this day I felt differently. My contemplations were on the forces of nature, and I was ventured seaward increasingly amongst them. As the wind and the waves rose, my boat came under strain, but I was exhilarated. All the while I considered, how might I communicate the role of natural forces in understanding of the world around us. For they are surely it's central theme.

          Beyond my essay's introduction, I place a microscope on the subjects of universal complexity and natural forces. I do so within context that clock operation is driven by Quantum Mechanical forces (atomic and photonic), while clocks also serve measure of General Relativity's effects (spacetime, time dilation). In this respect clocks can be said to possess a split personality, giving them the distinction that they are simultaneously a study in QM, while GR is a study of clocks. The situation stands whereby we have two fundamental theories of the world, but just one world. And we have a singular device which serves study of both those fundamental theories. Two fundamental theories, but one device? Please join me in questioning this circumstance?

          My essay goes on to identify natural forces in their universal roles, how they motivate the building of and maintaining complex universal structures and processes. When we look at how star fusion processes sit within a "narrow range of sensitivity" that stars are neither led to explode nor collapse under gravity. We think how lucky we are that the universe is just so. We can also count our lucky stars that the fusion process that marks the birth of a star, also leads to an eruption of photons from its surface. for if they didn't then nebula gas accumulation wouldn't be halted and the star would again be led to collapse.

          Could a natural organisation principle have been responsible for fine tuning universal systems? Faced with how lucky we appear to have been, shouldn't we consider this possibility?

          For our luck surely didnt run out there, for these photons stream down on earth, liquifying oceans which drive geochemical processes that we "life" are reliant upon. The Earth is made up of elements that possess the chemical potentials that life is entirely dependent upon. Those chemical potentials are not expressed in the absence of water solvency. So again, how amazingly fortunate we are that these chemical potentials exist in the first instance, and additionally within an environment of abundant water solvency such as Earth, able to express these potentials.

          My essay is an attempt at something audacious. It questions the fundamental nature of the interaction between space and matter Guv = Tuv, and hypothesizes the equality between space curvature and atomic forces is due to common process. Space gives up an energy potential in exchange for atomic forces in a conversion process, which drives atomic activity. And furthermore, that Baryons only exist because this energy potential of space exists, and is available for exploitation. Baryon characteristics and behaviours, complexity of structure and process might then be explained in terms of being evolved and optimised for this purpose and existence. Removing need for so many layers of extraordinary luck to eventuate our own existence. It attempts an interpretation of the above mentioned stellar processes within these terms, but also extends much further. It shines a light on molecular structure that binds matter together, as potentially being an evolved agency that enhances rigidity and therefor persistence of universal system. We then turn a questioning mind towards Earths unlikely geochemical processes, (for which we living things owe so much) and look at its central theme and propensity for molecular rock forming processes. The existence of chemical potentials and their diverse range of molecular bond forming activities? The abundance of water solvent on Earth, for which many geochemical rock forming processes could not be expressed without? The question of a watery Earth? is then implicated as being part of an evolved system that arose for purpose and reason, alongside the same reason and purpose that molecular bonds and chemical process arose.

          By identifying process whereby atomic forces draw a potential from space, we have identified means for their perpetual action, and their ability to deliver perpetual work. Forces drive clocks and clock activity is shown by GR to dilate. My essay details the principle of force dilation and applies it to a universal mystery. My essay raises the possibility, that nature in possession of a natural energy potential, will spontaneously generate a circumstance of Darwinian emergence. It did so on Earth, and perhaps it did so within a wider scope. We learnt how biology generates intricate structure and complexity, and now we learn how it might apply for intricate structure and complexity within universal physical systems.

          To steal a phrase from my essay "A world product of evolved optimization".

          Best of luck for the conclusion of the contest

          Kind regards

          Steven Andresen

          Darwinian Universal Fundamental Origin

          Dear Marc,

          I highly appreciate your well-written essay in an effort to understand.

          It is so close to me. «Similarly, in the classical realm without QM, when the Newtonian apple falls down to earth, by what mechanism does momentum actually increase?» «Tesla thought the fabric of space sometimes behaved like a solid and sometimes behaved like a liquid. An unknown material». «To that end, we consider a speculative type of material: a compressible superfluid of sorts, like a very particular cosmic liquid crystal».

          In my opinion, this is a liquid of nematic crystals.

          I hope that my modest achievements can be information for reflection for you.

          Vladimir Fedorov

          https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3080