The Local-Ether Model
Welcome to the Local Ether Model group.
If you clicked on this out of curiosity, I assume you are thinking "what is the purpose of this group?".
The Local-Ether Model is the name of an alternative physics paradigm proposed by the late Professor Ching-Chuan Su in 2000 (which I strongly support).
It is founded on the classical principles of universal time and Euclidean space. So if you are a confirmed devotee of Einstein's Relativity, you probably should "tune out" now.
But if you have an open mind about fundamental physics, I invite you to read on.
The Local-Ether model postulates that electromagnetic waves (including visible light) propagate as classical waves in a medium. Prof. Su calls this medium the Local-Ether.
A medium for electromagnetic wave propagation is nothing new. However, the Local-Ether model has some unique properties that distinguish it from other ether models (for example, the universal ether model). It will be shown that these unique properties make it a viable alternative to Einstein's Relativity.
These unique properties include:
The Local-Ether has a minute mass density that is proportional to the local gravitational potential.
This implies that it forms a variable density halo around a celestial body (e.g. the Earth) that extends out to where the gravitational force is equal to the gravitational force of a larger celestial body that it orbits (e.g. the Sun).
It further implies that a halo of Local-Ether is entrained with a celestial body as it orbits a larger body but (crucially) the halo does not rotate with the body that it surrounds. For the Earth, the Local-Ether halo is at rest with the Earth Centered Inertial Reference frame (or ECI).
The best introduction to the Local-Ether Model is Prof. Su’s paper published in 2001 in European Physical Journal C:
C.C. Su, “A local-ether model of propagation of electromagnetic wave”. European Physical Journal C, 21, pp. 701-715, Sept. 2001, DOI:10.1007/s100520100759, htt
For a fairly complete bibliography of Prof. Su’s papers regarding his Local-Ether Model, I suggest my paper at:
Note that some of the links it lists are no longer valid.
It is well known that Michelson-Morley type experiments (MMX) have failed to detect the velocity of the Earth with respect to the (assumed) Universal Ether model (at least 30 km/sec). These famous “null” results are cited as crucial evidence supporting Einstein’s Relativity,
The Local-Ether model provides a viable alternative explanation for these null results. It implies that there is a velocity of a fixed location on the Earth with respect to the medium but it is only due to the Earth’s rotation with respect to the ECI in a constant east to west direction of approximately 0.35 km/sec. This is too small for a typical MMX to detect. Even modern repititions of the MMX haven’t detected it because the signal to noise ratio is so low and they are not looking for it.
